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Subject: [Leica] Pros over here still shooting Leica as their primarytool ?
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Thu Dec 14 00:33:34 2006

Mark, if you're happy with the 25 Skopar, give the little 2.5 35 classic a 
try. They're cheap and fun to have a play. It's LTM,
tiny, got the groovy little mini hood and the Barnack focus lever. The VC 
metal finder for the 28 also very good IMHO.
Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Mark Rabiner
Sent: Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:29
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Pros over here still shooting Leica as their 
primarytool ?

On 12/13/06 4:06 PM, "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> typed:

> Well, just the other day I had a chance to use my IIIa as a
> rangefinder. I needed to measure a number of set distances for a
> shoot. My laser rangefinder and my metal tape measure broke within 10
> minutes of one another. Since I carry my IIIa for my personal BW
> shooting, it became my measuring instrument for that day. I didn't
> take any shots with it that time. Does that count?
> 
> Slobodan Dimitrov
> http://www.sdimitrovphoto.com/
> 
> 
I've been shooting little digital and mainly with my IIIf for 3 weeks now.
I brought 11 rolls into Modernage today to try them out.
Due for another brick of Xp2.
Been shooting with mainly a collapsible Elmar but am amazed at the results I
get with my 25mm VC Color Scopar snapshot lens more and more. Every day in
every way.
Probably will be landing a 35mm Summaron soon and be doing most of my
shooting with that.
But at this point LOVE my finder for shooting with the 50 Elmar. I got a VC
50 small little silver finder from Rich Pinto last week. Boy can I see with
that thing. With my glasses. Both eyes open. It opens stuff up for me.



Mark Rabiner
New York, NY
40?47'59.79"N   
73?57'32.37"W

http://rabinergroup.com/




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