Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey Bob, Nice to here from another Leica owner, Holga enthusiast! From your image on the web it looks to me like you already figured out that the viewfinder image is alot smaller than what you will get. Ya gotta compose tight! Tighter than tight! I started working on a personal project this spring with my Leicas. Things weren't working out so I tried my medium format equipment. The square looked better but still my images were boring, stilted. So I started shooting with a couple of Holgas and Bang!, I couldn't believe the stuff I was getting. There's something liberating about shooting with a Holga. A gallery that represents me took the resulting portfolio to a bank that collects art and they bought nine pieces! I was stunned! Enjoy your new addition but buy a backup or two. They are, as you say, flimsy. Bill Franson At 10:26 AM 07/27/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Greetings and welcome fellow LUGGERS, > >It is my great pleasure to announce the arrival of the newest addition to my >ever growing arsenal of photographic gear -- the much maligned and just as >often heralded (depending on your point of view) Leica-H! > >It was an exciting moment last week when the package from Freestyle Sales >was unceremoniously dumped on my desk. I immediately yelled at my >administrative assistant to hold all my calls (she walked away with a scowl >on her face, mumbling something about a-hole architects) while trembling >fingers fumbled to free my prize from the sea of polystyrene peanuts. And I >must say, this baby is everything I thought it would be. Cheap. Poorly >made. Flimsy. Maddeningly simple. I fell in love right away! > >A quick visit to the toycamera website gave me all the technical assistance >I needed (remove the plastic insert, stuff cardboard under the film spool, >and tape up everything), and I gave it a spin over the weekend, riding >proudly around my neck next to my M3. Check out the images: > >http://www.mindspring.com/~rnkramer/16.html > >All I need is a red dot to stick on it. You think Leica would give me one >if I don't tell them what I am going to do with it? :-) > >Bob Kramer >Atlanta, GA > > >