[Leica] Christmas 'happy snaps' - and SF-20

["Richard W. Hemingway" <rheming@attglobal.net>]

We had Christmas at two of our kids houses this year.  The first was on
Saturday (23rd) where I took my M6 etc and started snapping away.  When I
first took out the camera I got the "Here he goes again" comments etc.  I
decided that after 53 years of family 'happy snaps' (I have 8,000 to 10,000
slides after giving a bunch to the kids. I switched to color print film
last year as no one else has a slide projector 'that they can find' - I
gave each kid one some years ago) to give it up and not take my camera to
my daughter's house on Sunday (the 24th).  First thing that happened when I
sat down was my daughter asking "Dad, where is your camera?"  I told her
that I had retired from that.  She said "But, Dad I was counting on you
taking pictures!!"  Well, what do you know about that.  On Christmas day
when we had dinner at her house with a bunch of friends, I showed up with
the camera and shot up the place.  I told my kids that they had asked for
it and they were now in for it!!!

As we left the candlelight service on Christmas eve at out church I was
telling my wife that I wished I had talked to the pastor about taking a few
pictures of the candlelight part of it.  I was seated on the isle and could
have gotten the altar, the pastor and the left part of the congregation
with the 24.  As I was bemoaning this, one of the church officials was
asking me if I could take a picture of the altar and the pastor etc.  My,
my.  I will try this week, however, we are having a mixed, rain, sleet and
snow storm coming in and will last until the end of the week.

BTW I was keeping the SF-20 in my  sport coat pocket and pulling it out
when I wanted to use it.  After a while I noticed that the switch had moved
from TTL to A - ouch!!  Don't know yet how many of the pictures were
affected, mostly I shot available light.  I am going to put a piece of
scotch tape over the switch to keep in on  TTL

I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday - and New Years still to come.

Dick Hemingway
Plano, TX