Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What _is_ that big piece of chrome? I was only guessing. Daniel On Sun, 4 May 2003, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Dan > > Sorry, no Thambar in that advert picture. It was discontinued > in 1949 with ONE lens produced that year. > > Jerry > > Daniel Ridings wrote: > > > My wife and I hate sitting around the house, so today we headed out to the > > flea markets. They're run by Albanians, refugees from Balkan, Middle East, > > Africa, you name it. They do NOT want you pointing cameras at them. They > > sell junk and drive Mercedes and BMW, go figure. > > > > Anyway, I picked up some photography magazines from the 40'ies and 50'ies. > > Just for the fun of it I scanned in some ads. They're in Swedish, but the > > texts aren't that inspiring anyway. > > > > I did find one text hilarious. It was a review of the M3 ... pointing out > > how Leica cameras really hadn't changed that much from the very inception. > > Kind of thought of BD who points out the M6 is an M3 with a meter :) > > > > Anyway ... Leica and Rollei ads: > > > > M3 and IIIf (the IIIf being billed as the leica for hobbyists ... "that's > > why it even has a self-timer now.") > > > > http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/m3iiif.jpg > > > > Just the M3: > > > > http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/m3.jpg > > > > Lenses (even the Thambar, I think): > > > > http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/leicalenses.jpg > > > > Rollei 25 year anniversary > > > > http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/rollei25years.jpg > > > > Rollei "E" models: > > > > http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/rollei28e.jpg > > > > My darling, the Rolleicord V: > > > > http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/rolleicord5.jpg > > > > Mostly from 1954 - 1957. > > > > In 1961 you could by a new M2 + 50 Elmar 2.8 for just over 1000 Swedish > > crowns. (There are a little over 8 crowns to the USD). You could pay 15 > > dollars down and the rest in installments for 6 months. The magazine cost > > 2.50 SEK back then and 38 SEK today. > > > > Just some trivia, > > Daniel > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html