Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do all my personal projects with either a Leica, a Rollei, or a Super Speed Graphic. Often times it's a combination of all three. Being short the Leica for a few years was like being a three legged dog creatively. I could do the commercial jobs, but it just wasn't the same for me. S. Dimitrov > From: grduprey@rockwellcollins.com > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:14:03 -0600 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Neal F: ex-LUGer :-( > > > > > > 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 > <s.dimitrov@charter.net> To: > <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent by: cc: > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: Re: [Leica] Neal F: ex-LUGer :-( > -alto.ca.us > > > 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. >> >> Fond regards, >> >> G e o r g e L o t t e r m o s e r, imagist? >> >> <€>Peace<€> <€>Harmony<€> <€>Stewardship<€> >> >> Presenting effective messages in beautiful ways >> since 1975 >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> web <www.imagist.com> >> eMail george@imagist.com >> voice 262 241 9375 >> fax 262 241 9398 >> Lotter Moser & Associates >> 10050 N Port Washington Rd - Mequon, WI 53092 >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> -- >> 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html