Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jean, Was that for all the US citizens that don't know the world map? Was it a quiz, you should not have given away the answers. Sam Krneta Born in Bosnia, don't pick up anything that looks like a cluster bomb. That brings to mind: Where were all these peacenicks when they were lobbing bombs over my 94 year old grandmothers head? I guess Europe doesn't matter. Or is it that they only protest against certain political parties? Sorry, guys, I just had to. I appologise. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica- > users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jean-Michel Tomaschett > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 12:54 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Oldies (ads in magazines) > > Where is Albania? > > - Balkan, yep > - Middle East, nope! > - Africa, nope! > - Europe, yep > > regards > Jean (from good old E*****) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Cc: <rollei@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 7:19 PM > Subject: [Leica] Oldies (ads in magazines) > > > > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html