[Leica] Will be putting stuff for sale for product development

[mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)]

> On Apr 30, 2024, at 2:26 PM, Richard Man via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> I am making an artist (which of course includes photographers) product. I
> will probably have to dig into my IRA to continue development. So to delay
> that, I'm going to put up camera equipment for sale, including Leica,
> Hasselblad, some 4x5 and 8x10 lenses.
> 
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> // richard http://imagecraft.com
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