How old were you when you got your first Leica?

43. I'd shot Nikons for 35mm for a long, long time, but the Contax G2 got me hooked on compact cameras, and RF optics. Traded a LOT of Nikon stuff for an M7 & 50/2 Starter set which I still have.
 
Quite the variety of ages... cool! Richard... that's a pretty damn impressive first Leica kit... If only I knew about Leica when I was 16...

:p Joe, you're quite humourous.

After reading all this, I feel very lucky to have my Leica, and that my father would be willing to spare so much to purchase me one. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have even considered getting into photography. He gave me his old EOS 630 to play with when I was 16... I subsequently fell into the habit of taking a camera with me everywhere... and now I'm where I am :)
 
I was 50 or so when I got some Leicas. Had to see if I had been missing something. I think I could have lived without in hindsight.

Bob
 
My first Leica was a IIIa when I was 19. I followed it with an M3 when I was 20, an M2 when I was 25, and an M6 when I was 26. I gave the IIIa away to a friend a few years ago.
 
58... I had a choice of cameras while in school... old box cameras and folders in the early days. At graduation I received a used Spotmatic F with 55mm lens... IIIf at age 58 and a MP about six months after that.

Enjoyed each and every camera thru the years... maybe more so when I was out with my dad in the early days and recent years as well...

Casey
 
sepiareverb said:
43. I'd shot Nikons for 35mm for a long, long time, but the Contax G2 got me hooked on compact cameras, and RF optics. Traded a LOT of Nikon stuff for an M7 & 50/2 Starter set which I still have.
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That's funny: I traded a LOT of Leica stuff away (after nearly 40 years of Leica loyalty) to get my Nikon D300 kit going, and now I'm shooting film in Nikon FGs--what a great little camera! Don't miss the Leicas at all (though I did keep a IIIa).

I guess you never know what's going to happen. . .
 
23. (last year:p) An M3 DS. which came with a rigid cron and a 3.5'ron. I've since sold my babies.
Now I live with an M2 and 35cron. I can't afford leica glass...it somehow manages to make it's way into my "collection". I still maintain that I am a user and not a collector.
(...which I repeat to myself 3 times a day)
 
I was 6 years old when my granddad gave me a Leica IIIa with Summar. Been using Leicas just over 50 years now..

I still have the one he gave me and it still works...
 
58 years old. Actually, bought two Leicas at once - an M3 Double Stroke that needed to be repaired to work, and a IIc that had a factory upgrade to a IIf, but it is beyond repair. The deal came with 6 lenses and other assorted items, all of which were well used and many years old.

Reading RFF convinced me that the cameras were worth a try, as I really like nice mechanical objects, and cameras.
 
I was 45 when I got an M9 for a birthday present. I was looking for a simple digital camera at the time so it was perfect for me.
 
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