Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I already told my family not to throw out or sell the photo books without consulting abebooks.com or something. They should pay for a couple month's expense :-) On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 8:26 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Phil Forrest > <photo.forrest at earthlink.net>wrote: > > > Aww, you sold that military parkerized green M2?! That thing was > > fantastic! And probably bulletproof. > > > > Phil Forrest > > > > I didn't have a GI bill for my M9. ;-) > > Plus, I need to reduce my inventory of cameras. If I get hit by a bus > (unlikely in Natchitoches, unless it is a tour bus) My family doesn't need > a pile of cameras to figure out what to do. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 21:55:13 -0500 > > Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The only lens I ever bought new was the 75 I bought when Geoff gave > > > me a heads up, and the AUS$ was great compared to the US$. I have > > > several other Leitz or Leica lenses, all second hand. > > > > > > Four C/V lenses all new, all replaced by Leica now except the 15 M. > > > I had the LTM C/S, liked performance and hated the handling. > > > Likewise the LTM 21. Really nice performer, hideous handling. > > > > > > The 21 pre-asph Leica is a far better handling lens. This is my > > > second one. The first I sold to GeeBee, because he could use it > > > better than I could, and I had just bought the C/V. > > > > > > The only lens I regret selling was a Noctilux. I really didn't bond > > > with it on my M7, but I would love to see what it can doo on the M9. > > > > > > I bought my M6 and my M8 new. My M9 was a Popflash deal with hardly > > > any counts on it. > > > > > > I still have an M6, MDa and CL. > > > > > > R3, R8, CLE, M2, M42, all bought used, all gone. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > philforrest.wordpress.com > > gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > http://sonc-hegr.tumblr.com/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>