maigo
Well-known
I was at the Vancouver Camera Swap meet today and learned of the passing of Horst Wenzel.
The attached photo has a memorial statement by his friend Tonchi Martinic.
The attached photo has a memorial statement by his friend Tonchi Martinic.
vytasn
Established
So sad to hear this. Horst was a lovely guy, I used to have wonderful extended chats with him whenever I would drop off or pick up a repair. I have not seen him in a couple of years since he had repaired everything I own so well that I have had no desire to buy anything else. Here is a snap I took of him in his lair.
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Shac
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So sorry to hear about Horst - he really was a wonderful fellow
10summers
Newbie
Thank you for posting this. Horst was THE MAN....
Many fond memories, came upon the name when i was at UBC in early 2000's ; I lived down the street in Dunbar area, he took me into his basement replete with a zillion parts, machines and what have you.... serviced my then 20 year old Hasselblad
In fact he serviced my Zeiss 80 earlier this year and my M2 in July of this year. Picked it up at his home ( I now live in Kelowna BC)... and we chatted about his garden. I also noticed that he inserted a circular Leica red paper in the hollow part of the shutter release ( where the cable release would screw in)....he said it was his calling card ! Pretty cool , I'm not sure how long we was doing that for. He was adamant he would not work on M6's though! 😄
Such an awesome friendly man.
Rest easy Horst
Many fond memories, came upon the name when i was at UBC in early 2000's ; I lived down the street in Dunbar area, he took me into his basement replete with a zillion parts, machines and what have you.... serviced my then 20 year old Hasselblad
In fact he serviced my Zeiss 80 earlier this year and my M2 in July of this year. Picked it up at his home ( I now live in Kelowna BC)... and we chatted about his garden. I also noticed that he inserted a circular Leica red paper in the hollow part of the shutter release ( where the cable release would screw in)....he said it was his calling card ! Pretty cool , I'm not sure how long we was doing that for. He was adamant he would not work on M6's though! 😄
Such an awesome friendly man.
Rest easy Horst
maigo
Well-known
Retired professional photographer Alexander Hayward-Waterhouse writes about his friend Horst: