Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Those are really beautiful - and also now historical documents don't forget that! They also show that in the hands of someone who was clearly a very good and creative photographer at a very early age. It also helps me understand why a camera like a L:eica with its lomg heritage works well in your hands. Do you have more of them? Peter Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote: > Hi Ted, > > It will be really interesting see what this camera can do now on your > experienced good hands, why not? > > My first camera, or more exactly the first camera I've used was a Kodak > Baby from my mother, sometime later a bigger one, Kodak too from my > fatyher, this was I think 6x9 negatives!, I still have both, this was on > the early fifties, one dfay my father leave to try his Contax IIIA, you > can still see some of my really early work here. included a self > portrait of me whren I was 14 or 15... > > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=888059 > > Unfortunately this Contax was left and after my father and me we have > shared a Voigtl?nder Prominent. I've stopped to shoot and during some > years what I was doing was cinema in 8mm, on the later sixties I used a > Braun Paxette, after a Pentax....Leica R...M > > That's all! > > Saludos > Lluis > > > El 08/11/2009, a las 23:47, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> > escribi?: > >> Kyle a wonderful concept! Certainly for the times of today with all >> the techie stuff . :-) >> >> Here you go: >> >> May 27, 1950 my wife Irene gave me an Argus A2 35mm film camera on my >> first birthday after we were married in the previous year, 15th Oct. >> 1949. She knew I always wanted a camera and my parents could never >> afford to buy me one. >> >> It's a sort of point and shoot of the day. A small plastic black >> machine and yes I still have the same camera, now in its' 60th year! I >> haven't used it in some time to put it mildly, but who knows? Maybe we >> can bring it back to life inserting a roll of film. We shall see? :-) >> >> Dr. ted :-) >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Cassidy" >> <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu> >> To: <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 10:18 AM >> Subject: [Leica] Do you still have your first camera? Because I have >> an idea. >> >> >>> I still have my first camera. It's a Petri 7s rangefinder and it's on >>> my bookshelf looking down at me right now. >>> >>> I think that some of you probably do as well. >>> >>> Here's what I'd like to do: >>> >>> Curate a gallery-show / web project / possibly more, that involves >>> interviews with photographers about their first cameras, how they got >>> it, what it means to them, and then to have them either >>> >>> a) give me a high res scan (and reprint rights) to a vintage photo >>> they took with that camera or >>> b) take their first camera out and shoot at least three rolls with it >>> and give me a NEW photo (and reprint rights) taken with it (you can >>> talk about re-using your camera in the interview) >>> >>> as well as >>> >>> c) a photo of the camera and >>> d) a portrait of the photographer >>> >>> >>> it's still a bit up in the air but i've gone and registered: >>> http://www.myfirstcamera.org/ and as it grows I figure it'll take >>> shape and it'll become a beautiful thing. I'm going to leave a broad >>> definition for "first camera" -- it could either be the first camera >>> you ever used, the first you ever owned, or the first you bought for >>> yourself or even the first "real" camera you bought for yourself. >>> >>> Volunteers? Especially people who've had long and successful careers >>> in some aspect of photography, newspapers, commercial, etc. >>> >>> email me kyle at kylecassidy dot com or share your enthusiasm here, >>> we'll figure this out. >>> >>> thanks, >>> >>> kyle >>> >>> http://www.myfirstcamera.org/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.55/2489 - Release Date: >> 11/08/09 07:37:00 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig