Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mark, I'm of an older generation. In the thirties, my parents didn't own a camera. They did manage to borrow one from a better-off relative from time to time. I still have my first camera with adjustments, a Leica IIIa with a 50/3.5 Elmar, that I bought with my newly-acquired funds after a year as a USAF Lt. during the Korean conflict. That was my introduction to 35mm and to Leica, and I still use a IIIf/Summitar combination and Leica-R lenses for digital. That doesn't count a Kodak Flash Brownie, that, I seem to recall, did have a close-up element that could be flipped into place when needed. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] What happened to Ebay? >> Mark, >> >> Maybe I'm just sentimental. The lens that I bought was said to have been >> used by the seller's grandfather to photograph flowers. Since I am a >> great-grandfather, and also wanted to photograph flowers with it, it >> seemed >> like a good match. When I received the lens, it was imaculate. I sent her >> a >> flower photo from my first test shots, the same one I posted on the LUG. >> We >> both came away happy with the deal. > > > The still have my first camera with adjustments. F stops and shutter > speeds. > A Voigtl?nder Vito bl. > Used my my dad; and his dad before him. > > I sure as hell am not going to put it up for auction on eBay. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >