Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Lluis. It was a little before you arrived on the scene. :-) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 7/3/2015 5:42 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote: > Jim > I?ve never saw this camera before, thanks for sharing! > Lluis > > El 02/07/2015, a les 18.48, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va > escriure: > >> Some of you might be able to recall, as I do, street photographers who >> snapped your photo on city sidewalks and then offered to sell you copies >> of the image. Their favorite camera was the Universal Mercury, >> introduced in 1938, or the Mercury II, introduced in 1945. A half-frame >> camera with a rotary cinema-type shutter, it produced 72 images on a >> 36-exposure roll of 35mm film. This was a very rugged camera with a cast >> aluminum body and an extremely sharp Tricor 35mm f/2.7 lens, requiring >> manual scale focusing with no rangefinder. When properly focused, the >> image detail was equivalent to much more expensive cameras of that era. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Mercury+II+from+1945.jpg.html >> >> Comments welcomed, and appreciated. >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >