Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Karen Nakamura wrote: > For a picture of the Bolsey, see here: > http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/BolseyC22.html Ernie, Karen: You've just thrown me into the throes of nostalgia. My mother's camera was a Bolsey B2, which is essentially the camera shown, but without the TLR viewfinder grafted on top: http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/images/56489.jpg Mom still has the camera, although she no longer uses it, and I don't know if it still works. I have perfectly-preserved old Kodachromes of my folks taken with that Bolsey before I was born. All of our family pictures came from that camera, until I took up photography about 1969 and discovered Leicas. So I could say that the old Bolsey was what sparked my interest in photography. The Bolsey has a strictly split-image rangefinder rather than the coincidence type we're used to. My mom would always ask one of us to stick a finger in the air so she could focus. (NO, not THAT finger. . .) ;-) - --Peter Klein Seattle, WA - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html