Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/16

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Subject: [Leica] Cameras I miss but don't miss...most
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Thu Nov 16 16:14:21 2006
References: <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B36013F1C79@case-email>

Ricoh GRs.
The GRD is nice, but just not the same.
Philippe



Op 16-nov-06, om 16:25 heeft David Rodgers het volgende geschreven:

>
> Hoppy wrote:
>
>>> Camera Exchange didn't want to know about my Mamiya 645 I was  
>>> looking
> to sell.<<
>
> Hoppy
>
> Time for a little retrospective. Your mention of the Mamiya 645  
> reminded
> me of just how much things have changed. I started thinking about
> cameras for which I had a particular fondness. They are cameras I
> sometimes wish I still owned. But I know that if I did own them I
> wouldn't use them.
>
> For me it's the Mamiya 6MF. That was my camera of choice, and just  
> about
> the only one I used for a long period of time. Then one day I stopped
> using it. I can't recall why, exactly, but I think it coincided  
> with my
> buying an LS-30 Coolscan about six years ago. That pushed me back to
> 35mm and my Leica M.
>
> Eventually I sold the Mam6MF. I almost bought another one recently,  
> but
> I held back. The price was tempting but it's doubtful that I'd use it.
>
> Anyone else have a camera they miss but don't miss?
>
>
>
>
>
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