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Subject: [Leica] Re: was 40 Summicron / Budapest suicides
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 22:47:56 +1100
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>At 11:11 PM 3/5/02 -0800, you wrote:
>>Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:03:27 +1100
>>From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
>>Subject: [Leica] Re: 40mm Summicron on other M mount cameras
>>I can --- works fine, both in Minolta and Leica elmar c
>>configurations. I use the latter now on M3, M6 both .72 and .85 sans
>>problems.
>>>   BTW the 40 Summicron is a very nice lens, compact and produces the
>>>usual saturated Leica look.
>>Agree completely, it was one of the 3 reasons I got hooked on the
>>rangefinder as my major camera, the other two being the 28 and the
>>90mm lenses for the CLE
>>>About my 40 Summicron, I dropped it one night about 6 feet off a
>>>stone wall to the pavement below while taking pictures of the bridge
>>>across the Danube between Buda and Pest.
>>VERY clumsy Howard. Some notable people have flung themselves off
>>bridges in that area as I recall.
>
>Thanks Alastair, ;-).
>Now who flung themselves off what bridge? And shall we start a 
>thread about the terrible things we have done to our Leicas? (Maybe 
>time to recycle Ted's cows**t story)  Best to Helen,
>Cheers,
>Howard.

perhaps we should talk this over in person -- I would love to spend a 
week in HK  (when JY has the m7's )

Helen too sends her regards, and would love another episode with 
Esther ;-) Now that needs to be stopped.

Cheers
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Alastair Firkin

http://www.afirkin.com

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