Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan ? Wonderful picture ? TRUTH closed. Robert > On Jul 3, 2015, at 7:43 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com> > wrote: > > On Thu, 02 Jul 2015 Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > > >> Hi Ric, > >> There used to be a lot of them around. Mechanically and optically, mine >> is fine. Oxidation has taken its toll on the aluminum over the years. > >> Speaking of oxidation, at one time I was given an early Konica >> rangefinder that was taken from an abandoned seabag that some sailor >> left along the roadside in Mississippi, and was picked up by the MHP. >> Exposure to salt air had really done a number on the body, but the >> rangefinder optics were MUCH better than my LTM Leica. I shot a few >> rolls with it, and was impressed with Konica, despite the camera's >> condition. > >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA > =========================================================================================================================== > In 1973, I wanted to have a rangefinder camera for candid work but couldn't > yet afford a Leica, so I bought a Konica III from a student for $10.00. He > sold it cheap because the shutter was sticky. I unscrewed the front lens > elements and freed up the shutter blades with some lighter fluid, and later > used it to take what is still my best-selling picture: < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Signs/TruthClosed__AMR.jpg.html >> > > I too was impressed with the RF viewfinder. The Hexanon f/2 was terrific > as well. (The ads for this camera in the fifties said "The lens alone is > worth the price.") > This camera now sits in my viewfinder camera gallery on top my office > bookcase, along with a Welti, a Wirgin, a Bolsey, a Realist, a Kodak 35, a > Pony, an Olympus RC, an Olympus XA, an Argus C3, an Agfa Karat, a Retina > IIa, a Bessa II, and an Ansco Super-Speedex. > > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information