Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick Boston MA