[Leica] My first camera

[dennis at hale-pohaku.com (Dennis Painter)]

That's not an A2. (My dad had an A2)
http://theargusa.com/Models.htm


SonC@aol.com wrote:

>
>
> >From my collection:  a copy of Ted's first camera:
> _http://www.sonc.com/argus/_ (http://www.sonc.com/argus/)
>
>
> In a message dated 6/1/2005 6:11:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> tedgrant@shaw.ca writes:
>
> My first  camera was a birthday gift, May 27, 1950 from my wife on my first
> birthday  after we were married the previous October.. An Argus A2 35mm,
> today we  might call it a point n' shoot!
>
> However this little Argus was plastic,  no electronics. A box you put a 
> roll
> of film in and made a few adjustments  according to the piece of paper with
> the exposure suggestions in the film  box. :-)
>
> So now you folks know who to blame for launching me into this  wild and 
> crazy
> world of photography! ;-) But man I have absolutely no  regrets, other 
> than I
> wish I could do it all over again ten fold times!  :-)
>
> ted