Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/01

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Subject: [Leica] Sad day
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:54:49 -0600 (CST)
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Thanks.   Tough to sell.

On Mar 1, 2012, at 9:08 AM, Simon Ogilvie wrote:

> George Lottermoser wrote:
>> Today I sold my 8x10 Deardorff - deal done - except to ship it.
>> Truly felt sad looking at it for the last time (even though I have not 
>> set it up for well over 5 years).
>> I've had sellers remorse over a number of photographic items.
>> Though this may be the hardest to part with.
>> Oh well - just needed to share it with a few of you who may understand 
>> the feeling
> 
> I feel your pain!  My 5x4 kit has been sitting idle until recently.
> My son is doing photography at college
> (one of his A-levels) and has been enjoying film photography more than
> digital, much to my surprise.
> So I dug out the 5x4 and he shot some FP4 with it.  He's the only
> person on his course who's used
> the college's DeVere enlarger and he's loving every minute!  It's made
> me re-evaluate the use of film
> as well.
> 
> Simon.
> 
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