Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/26
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Interesting, as that is almost exactly how I got into Leica equipment. We
had just moved from So. California to the Dallas, Texas area in 1988, and
my wife was looking through the sale pages and saw an ad for a Leicaflex SL
with 3 lenses. She asked me if this was anything I would be interested in -
So I said yes and called the guy up and went to look it over. Ended up
going home with the whole package and before long the Nikons were history.
Gene
Slobodan Dimitrov
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owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: Re: [Leica] Neal F: ex-LUGer :-(
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02/26/2004 12:01 PM
Please respond to
leica-users
One day I decided to switch to Nikon gear after selling all my M Leicas. Up
until then, mid-1990's, I've had a Leica in my hands since I was 8 years
old.
On my way to look at a 35mm F1.4 Nikkor, I decided to look at a kit someone
was selling for $1200, an SL with 4 lenses, with accessories. It was just
an
act of curiosity, as I wanted to see what $1200 in Leicaflex-R amounted to
gear wise.
Well, I looked at it, and started to leave to get that 35 Nikkor. Out of
courtesy I felt I should at least make an offer, thinking that my offer of
$600 would be refused, and I would be on my way to the Nikkor. As it turned
out the offer was accepted. So I looked at the camera a little bit more
closely, looking for a way out. I saw that it had a slight chip in the
viewfinder, but not on the prism. So I tried to wrangle out of it by saying
it would cost too much to fix it. The seller trimmed the price even more.
Needless to say, I walked out with the kit in hand.
My first shoot with it was the Mexican election of 1996 after Donald
Collosio was assassinated. After seeing the negs, I was hooked again. After
that, it wasn't long before I was back with a slew of M gear.
S. Dimitrov
> From: George Lottermoser <george@imagist.com>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 10:39:21 -0600
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Neal F: ex-LUGer :-(
>
> Slobodan Dimitrov2/25/04
>
>> But, trying out, and
>> staying with the R, made me go back to the M. Funny how that worked!
>
> Please elaborate.
>
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