[Leica] my first Leica

[stasys1 at cox.net (Stasys Petravicius)]

On Feb 14, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Barney Quinn wrote:

>
> Brian,
>
> How well I remember Industrial Photo. Unfortunately they went out of 
> business some years ago, a victim of the switch from silver to 
> digital.
>
> I got my first two Leicas about the same time you did. My friend Alan 
> Wurzbach's Dad had been stationed in Germany at the end of World War 
> II. He came back to the us with what I think are two IIIc's I think. 
> When they were cleaning out his Dad's house he sold me the collection 
> for $125. I still have them. They still work just fine. They live in 
> my closet next to a pair of antique Plath sextants.
>
> Barney
>
>
> Barney Quinn, WK3Z
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 6:06 PM
> To: LUG@leica-users.org <LUG@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] my first Leica
>
> It was 40 years ago today that I got my first Leica.
>
> My friend (and boss) David Labovitz mentioned to me that he'd seen a 
> decent selection of used Leicas at Industrial Photo in Silver Spring, 
> Maryland. I went in on Friday, 14 February, 1969 just minutes after  
> retiring photographer from the Baltimore Sun had put up his IIIf kit 
> on consignment. I bought the whole thing (body, 3 lenses, 3 finders, 3 
> metal lens caps, leather case) and have had it ever since. He was its 
> first owner and I am its second.
>
> I mostly use my M8 these days, but the IIIf is still a damn fine 
> camera.
>
>
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