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Subject: [Leica] a nice gift at a sad time
From: ruben at rhodos.dk (Ruben Blædel)
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:00:58 +0100
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Thank you Ric!
On 05-02-2013 00:03, Ric Carter wrote:
> He has likely to have lived long enough to understand the joy of passing 
> that camera to a loving user who will explain its beauty to his 
> grandchildren.
>
> He is also safe in knowing it will not be cast off misunderstood or 
> appreciated.
>
> Now, do the same things with it he did!
>
> We look forward to you sharing.
>
> Ric Carter
> www.CartersXRd.net
> http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter
>
>
> On Feb 4, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Ruben Bl?del <ruben at rhodos.dk> wrote:
>
>> My father in law is 88 years old and has worked as a doctor almost all 
>> his life in developing countries in Africa.
>> Before he was stationed in Ethiopia in the late 1950ties and just a few 
>> months after my wife was born he bought a Leica M3 with a Summicron 50 mm 
>> 2.0 with near field specs and a Leica meter. That Leica followed him to 
>> Ethiopia and later to Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. It was serviced at 
>> Leica a couple of times due to fungi and other "illnesses" from being in 
>> the humidity of the tropics but is in really good condition. All pictures 
>> of my wife and her brothers growing up in Africa was shot with that 
>> wonderful camera.
>> This weekend I visited my father in law together with my wife and my two 
>> daughters
>> We had not seen him for a 5 weeks since as he needed peace trying to 
>> recover from two cancer operations.
>> He was very weak but insisted on sitting with us for a cup of tea.
>> I lost my father last year so I know what is going trough my wifes and 
>> children's heads - all the questions they would like to ask - the fear of 
>> loosing him etc.
>> It was tough trying not to show him how worried we all are.
>> He is due for another surgery Thursday and the odds are not to good
>> At the end of our visit he need to rest but just before we left he called 
>> me and asked me if I would go into his study and fetch a box on his desk
>> I had no idea  what was going on, but i did bring the box to him, and he 
>> opened it and asked me If I would like to have his Leica because he 
>> thought that I would be the one that could bring it to good use.
>> I was very proud and honored - and yet very sad because it felt like by 
>> accepting this great gift from him, I also realized  that it might be his 
>> way of saying that he would not be around for much longer - I guess 
>> doctors have a way of knowing these kind of things.
>> I feel the best way I can show my gratitude is by bringing it to good use 
>> and shoot some beautiful pictures - I have not used analog for a while - 
>> at work I no longer use slides but a Canon 5d 3 with - but I still have 
>> some rolls of Efke B&W 25 ISO film - I actually look forward to use 
>> analog again and especially with the close focus ability of the 50 
>> summicron.
>> It might not be right away - but I will post a link when I get some film 
>> through the old M3
>> Have a lovely evening
>> Ruben
>>
>>
>>
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