Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, This reminds me when my grand mother was dead, she jeaves some money for everyone of their grandsons, and I've purchased some mcro equipment for my Leica R outfit... saludos Lluis El 18/07/2011, a las 3:35, Tina Manley escribi?: > I was using a Minolta SRT 101 in 1971 or 1972 when my grandfather > died and > left me $500. I used it to buy a used Leica M3 and one lens - I can't > remember which one. That was it for me. I still have the Minolta > camera > and lenses but haven't used them in 40 years. I've never sold a > Leica lens > that I haven't regretted selling later. I'd gladly sell all of my > Minolta > and Canon lenses anytime. > > Tina > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Gary Pinkerton <gpinkcp at msn.com> > wrote: > >> That was 1981 when I made the big swap btw :) >> >>> From: gpinkcp at msn.com >>> To: lug at leica-users.org >>> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:04:57 -0500 >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] USING (GASP!) Leicas >>> >>> Pretty much my story too; traded Minoltas and lenses plus 50 bucks >>> for an >> SL and a 50 2.0. >>> Still have, use both regularly, but the DMR gets the most use :) >>> >>>> From: mak at teleport.com >>>> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:22:03 -0700 >>>> To: lug at leica-users.org >>>> Subject: [Leica] USING (GASP!) Leicas >>>> >>>> Reminds me of being accosted as a college student 1983. My bag >>>> full of >> Minolta SRTs XDs XEs and a gazillion lenses was stolen. Insurance >> gave me >> what appeared to a 19 year old to be a huge check. Took it to >> Citizen's >> Photo and a wonderful rep, Don Leap, turned something like 5 or 7 >> Minoltas >> and a scad of lenses and motors and strobes etc into ONE M4-P with >> a black >> MR-4 and a new 50 f2 and used fat 90 2.8. >>>> >>>> wait, Don, I had fisheye to super tele 87 1.7, VFC, etc etc etc and >> now? Alas. ONE CAMERA TWO Lenses STICK ON METER? WHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAT? >>>> >>>> Went on holiday at Christmas to Hawaii (Oahu I was boring at >> time)....at the mall purchasing film from the Leica dealer camera >> store at >> Ala Moana (sp) >>>> >>>> Leaving store, bag of film, M4-P around neck when a gentleman from >> another culture walks up to me and literally started lecturing me >> about >> damaging an icon. "Look, I am a poor college student, this is my only >> camera, you can buy a new one right there at that store and seal it >> in a >> case keeping yours new forever" had NO impact on the man. I felt >> like an >> uncouth savage. I still have the M4-P. It has been to 5 continents >> and never >> failed. It probably has a couple million miles on it and looks like >> it. Poor >> guy would probably have me put to death if he know how much film I >> have run >> through that camera... >>>> >>>> Fast forwarding many years. Camera World here in Portland sold to >>>> Ritz >> (1990s). CW had a GOLD Pentax LX I acquired with the collectible >> inventory. >> I sold it (to a collector in Japan) with the stipulation that I run >> a roll >> of film through it (he made me wear white cotton gloves)... >>>> >>>> Here's to Leica users! >>>> >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 17, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Richard Man wrote: >>>> >>>>> But it's also true that we film users (even though I do also use >>>>> an >>>>> M9) get flack because we use film on this film. Go figure eh? >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin < >> lrzeitlin at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> NO! NO! NO! >>>>>> >>>>>> I'll bet that fewer than 10% of us own M8s or M9s. OK, maybe >>>>>> 20% of >> us. The >>>>>> LUG is the Leica User's List, but some of us don't even own >>>>>> Leicas. >> With one >>>>>> exception, a CL, all the Leicas I own were made before 1955. >>>>>> Dwight >> D. >>>>>> Eisenhower was President of the U.S. then. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >>>>> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >>>>> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >>>>> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >>>>> previous replies in your msgs. ] >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information