Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Adam, I started with a Leica IIIa and coated Elmar 50/3.5 bought used at Salem Camera Shop in Dayton, OH in 1952. I spent my USAF time at Wright-Patterson. The Leica was our family camera, and the kids grew up knowing the Leica name, so the IIIf was a natural graduation gift.? Sorry you lost yours. On 9/14/21 8:56 PM, Adam Bridge via LUG wrote: > Ohhh?.so many memories. I bought one at Brooks Camera in SF back in 1968. > I think I paid $200 with the extendable 50mm lens. It died a horrible > death. I was climbing out of the weapons shipping hatch on Parch (SSN683) > in Charleston, SC when it slipped off on the sloping hull and plummeted > into the Cooper River. We fished for it a bit but it was surely toast > about the time it reached the bottom. > > I learned so much about photography using it. > > Do get it spiffed up. > > Adam > >> On 2021 Sep 12, at 8:52 AM, Jim Nichols via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >> When my son graduated from high school, more than 40 years ago, we >> rewarded his interest in photography by getting him a used Leica IIIf. >> It has been me for the past few years as he moved about. I shipped it to >> him this past week, and he rewarded me with a nice image of the camera >> and lenses. >> >> As he reacquainted himself with the camera, he realized how much harder >> we worked for images in the years prior to digital cameras. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Camera_20210912.jpg.html >> >> -- >> 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 -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA