Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great story Ruben. Thanks for sharing. I'm sure many of us here can identify with it. Rick. On 02/06/2005, at 6:20 AM, Ruben wrote: > This is not the story of my first camera but the story of my first > real camera > > When i want something strongly I set my mind up to it and then I > patienly wait until the right moment appears. The First Leica I saw > was on an ad - it was a M4 and I was "sold" it must have been early > 70ties when I was about 10 years old - I have always liked > mechanics and watches etc. I cut the ad out of a magazine and it > was stuck with cellotape on my door until I some years later saw an > ad for a Black M5 - that ad occopied my door for another period > until I moved away from my parrents house and I took it down and > keept it with my import papers like my birth cetificate. sometime > during the 80ties I saw that the M6 was introduced - I got the > brocure and had it until 1997 when fortune and hard work made me > recieved a bonus at work at the same time as the local pro camera > dealer had a demo M6 with a Summicron 35 2,0 at a reasonable price. > Until that point I had used Canon AF/EOS for 24x36 film and I had > never actually held a Leica in my hands, only in my mind ! > The dealer gave me a full year warranty and i asked him to place > the camera and lens etc. in their boxes. Not before I came home to > my appartment did I touch the Leica - It was almost a religous > moment. I had my old brochure, the black box with the M6 - the > strap - the battery - the film and the lens in the "leather" pouch > and the manual. > Since that day i have only used my Canon EOS for longe tele and > macroshots - I recently sold my canon backupcamera and 4 lenses and > a flash. > After My first leica the family has grown to a IIIf , a M2 and a M3 > my motto: Like good sex, cars and food there is no going back - and > even though i think it is great to use yashica rangfinders there is > for 24x36 nothing that comes anywere near the shooting pleasure of > an Leica rangefinder - nothing - I use less film, and I get more > good shots on a film that I ever did with my canons > My lenses are 35 mm summicron, 4,0 90 mm elmar C, 50 mm 1,5 > summarit and for the IIIf 3,5 5cm elmar - 3,5 3,5 cm summaron and > 90 mm 4,0 elmar - > > all the best > Ruben > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >