Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My first camera, bought at the PX at Mannheim, Ger.. I kept looking at the M5 at the PX at Frankfurt, and at $600.00+, I could only dream. That Canon is a wonderful basic instrument. Wish her lots of luck. Slobodan Dimitrov Bill Lawlor wrote: > for "This old camera!" > There are a lot of uncleaned attics out there!! :o) > Dan > ............................ > > Just today a student of mine walked in to show me a near-mint black Canon > Ftb QL with 50/1.4 she found in her grandmother's basement in the original > box. I gave her a 625 mercury battery and sent her out to see the world. She > will probably never own another camera so basic and perfect unless she gets > a M3 some day. > > I have an identical Ftb QL (except it is about an 8+), so, I may be a bit > biased. > > Bill Lawlor