[Leica] first camera

[rhc3vt at hotmail.com (Richard Coutant)]

My father bought a Bolsey B2 around 1950 - I still have thousands of his 
slides, which are in remarkably good condition.  I used the Bolsey for a 
while, then in the 60's I got a 2A Brownie for 116 film, which is still 
sitting here next to me with the little sticker taped to the back of it that 
says "Eastman Kodak Co. will not manufacture Verichrome-pan film in this 
size after 1974."  I learned a lot about estimating exposures, etc., from 
the Brownie.  Then I got a Voigtlander Bessa that I used until it just wore 
out, and in the late 70's I bought a Pentax Spotmatic outfit, pieces of 
which I still own.
I didn't get my first Leica, a IIIc, until the late 90's.  Now I have this 
plus a IIIa, an M2 and an M4-2.

Richard