[Leica] Arrival of a "new" baby

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

God, even the packaging is lovely.

ric


On Feb 16, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote:

> G'day all,
>
> As some of you know, I have a small collection of Rolleiflex  
> cameras. The latest "delivery" (its been a few years) arrived this  
> week:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alastair/album184/Collections/ 
> box.jpg.html>
> http://www.tiny.cc/6IVil
>
> Image 2:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alastair/album184/Collections/ 
> comingout.jpg.html>
> http://www.tiny.cc/dD45u
>
> Image 3:
> <<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alastair/album184/Collections/ 
> delivery.jpg.html>
> http://www.tiny.cc/vsUPE
>
> the 1965 post war baby was really a bit of a failure. Of course,  
> that makes it all the more collectable. The shutter is a bit  
> "stiff", but that is probably because it looks like very little  
> film went through it. 127 was dying when it came out: the film was  
> more expensive than the larger 120 format and there were few new  
> cameras. Rollei of course kept making them ;-)
>
> Cheers
>
> Alastair
>
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