Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/16

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Subject: [Leica] Leica size
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Wed Nov 16 07:29:54 2005
References: <BF9FF729.1EB72%mark@rabinergroup.com> <p06230905bfa0f7764c90@131.142.12.152> <ceb1a5650511160659w6a3ba3b7p1f8288ca445ae033@mail.gmail.com>

Mark - The IIa is one of the few cameras I once owned that I miss. 
Saw one in a nearby camera store recently that seemed to be 
mechanically functional but was in such bad shape otherwise I let it 
go by.  I still wonder if I did the right thing.  It's a lovely 
little camera.

>On 11/16/05, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Amen! And, I would add the Retina IIa folder (the IIIc with its
>>  built-in meter was too big)
>
>
>
>Ah, how could I have forgotten the IIa, the only Retina folder with the
>frame advance lever on top, where God intended it to be. I never understood
>the fondness for the later, bulkier incarnations of the Retina --
>particularly with those clunky and slow add-on lenses, which completely
>negate the advantages of having a folder. But the IIa with the Xenon lens is
>a lovely little package.
>
>Mark
>
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-- 
Regards,

Dick
Boston MA

In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] OT: Bronica 645 RF?)
Message from langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer) ([Leica] Leica size)