Gordon Coale
Well-known
Ted - One of the things that got me to make my first wrist strap was seeing a picture of HCB using one. I thought that maybe there is something to these wrist straps. It turns out there was.
dee
Well-known
Hi
I am new here, but I have recently been fortunate enough, thanks to a small legacy, to buy two black Leica IIs circa 1932/3 with nickel Elmars , which are quite diminutive, delicate and delightful...
I was amazed that Leica dealers and experts were totally unconcerned that I should hesitantly say that I wanted to USE these ancient cameras , their attitude being that , given adequate servicing , they would continue to provide the same experience , year in year out, as recognised by the great photographers who have always inspired me..
I have a mild , functional , but very disruptive autistic ''glitch'', but my six Leicas, and six USSR derivatives are the ONLY cameras in 50 years, that seem ''real ''to me ... That allow me to filter, and contain a confusing world , and , even when not in use, '' surround and ground '' me in a manner that my SLRs failed to do.
Maybe I am crazy, but maybe, Leica got something fundementally right ?
I am new here, but I have recently been fortunate enough, thanks to a small legacy, to buy two black Leica IIs circa 1932/3 with nickel Elmars , which are quite diminutive, delicate and delightful...
I was amazed that Leica dealers and experts were totally unconcerned that I should hesitantly say that I wanted to USE these ancient cameras , their attitude being that , given adequate servicing , they would continue to provide the same experience , year in year out, as recognised by the great photographers who have always inspired me..
I have a mild , functional , but very disruptive autistic ''glitch'', but my six Leicas, and six USSR derivatives are the ONLY cameras in 50 years, that seem ''real ''to me ... That allow me to filter, and contain a confusing world , and , even when not in use, '' surround and ground '' me in a manner that my SLRs failed to do.
Maybe I am crazy, but maybe, Leica got something fundementally right ?
peter_n
Veteran
dee you are definitely not crazy and Leitz certainly got something "fundamentally right" as you put it. Happy New Year to you! 
amateriat
We're all light!
Hardly crazy, dee...you've obviously connected with something that truly works for you, and in my book that's hardly mad. put film in them and go forth (I've grown fond of that phrase lately).dee said:
- Barrett