Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan, my best friend in Denmark is a photography teacher here: http://www.testrup.dk/in-english.aspx Their darkroom is large, well-equipped, and the young people who take his course are very keen on film, especially on medium format. While many (most) of the projects are done digitally, the darkroom stays very busy too. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Sep 26, 2010, at 7:06 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > I thought my Saturday morning might be of some interest on the LUG. > Knowing I'm a Leicaman, a colleague at another campus sent me one of her > students who inherited a Leica kit from his grandfather. This > twenty-something began with digital photography, then started using a film > Rebel for his class and wanted to learn how to use this old equipment. > Even though he's been using an auto-exposure SLR, he didn't seem too > daunted after I explained all the special concerns associated with working > a 60 year old (non-SLR) system. > > The trove he showed me consisted of a IIIf, 5 cm Summitar, 3.5 cm > Summaron, 9 cm Elmar, 1.35 cm Hektor, Imarect finder, leather case (with > extended Imarect top flap), and Focaslide copying device. There were also > misc. filters, adapter rings, lens hoods, an old GE selenium light meter, > a non-Leitz flash gun, the 1953 edition of Morgan & Lester's Leica Manual, > the original IIIf instruction book and some Leitz publicity brochures on > lenses, etc. Everything was almost mint condition, but as usual, the > shutter of the camera was very sticky. The fast speeds didn't sound quite > right, and the slow speed gear train seemed pretty well gummed up. > > I ran through my usual loading procedure twice (after showing him how to > cut a longer leader) and let him try it. He got it on the first try. I > think the camera might be making a trip to DAG; this student really wants > to use this Leica since it was his grandfather's. > > I didn't expect to meet someone his age that would give film photography a > whirl, especially with a camera so different from the latest > AE/AF wonderbricks. > > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >