Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bought my IIIf because I wanted something that I could take everywhere was light, wouldn't need batteries and was very flexible. It has always been a dream apart from one time when it needed a little TLC. I used to carry an Olympus mu-1 around loaded with HP5. It was never so good as - if much smaller than - the IIIf. I tried using - and still do use a Digilux as a regular camera, but somehow can't get to grips with it - although it has produced some beautiful pictures and production is fast. Somehow though.... A beater can be anything that you want it to be, remember all those beat-up M somethings which are valued for their battered cases and "patina". Cameras are for using. Peter Dzwig Feli di Giorgio wrote: > The only problem with keeping a "beater" camera in the car is heat. > Old glues and lubricants don't like heat. For a while I kept my old > Minolta SLR in the trunk, but it sat in a small Styrofoam cooler, > wrapped in an old t-shirt. > > > Feli > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >