Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:35 AM 9/22/00 -0400, you wrote: >I'm of the pretty firm opinion that if a kid has talent and inclination in >photography, any camera that lets them express and develop that will >do. I agree, B.D. My uncle did this for me when I hadn't even shown any promise at all (some would argue I still haven't 20 years later...lol) He gave me his Kodak Rettinette that he got while stationed in Germany. A fixed slow 3.5/45mm Schneider-Kreuznach lens, strictly scale focus, leaf shutter, bottom wind and knob rewind...but I still love the camera and the first 15 rolls I put through it in the Rockies are some yielded some work good enough to hook me and put me on the path to shooting film as a passion. If the shutter didn't need unsticking, it would accompany my M5 every time I leave the house. OTOH, I think an M4 would have done just the same had "mon uncle" had one to pass on. Carpe Luminem, Michael E. Berube