thegman
Veteran
I find I use the cheaper cameras more anyway, as you're not afraid to sling it in a bag. I'm using a Zeiss Super Ikonta a lot at the moment. If it was suddenly destroyed, it would be a shame, but not a disaster.
You mean you ever take it off? Clearly you need a bit more misery in your life, and a bit less humour. I completely agree about the unwarranted gloom. Perhaps the OP will enlighten us on whose take is correct.Wow, such somber replies!
I believe the OP had his tongue firmly planted in his cheek when he wrote his post.
Oh well. Back to wearing my hair shirt and whipping myself.
I love ramen.
Ah, yes: memories of cheap student cuisine. Don't forget pea soup with hot dogs sliced into it.Remember a lot of "tuna shlt" (a can of tuna stirred into mac & cheese) & 1-gallon Gallo jug Burgundy as a steady diet. (My roommate took the boiled potato-and-cabbage approach to frugal cuisine.) We all wound up working in a large law firm after classes for their gratis lunch and supper. Felt well enough armed with my high school Minolta to avoid Leica diversions.
I'll drink to that -- in Plymouth Breweries Heavy, 1/5d (7p, $0.17) a proper-size pint (20 fl. oz) in the late 60s. Awful beer, but OK when you're in your teens.Whatever you decide...whether it's worth it to you or not...DO NOT go into debt (ie. credit card or borrow) to own that M6. . .
Well, I lived on muesli for a week in the 1970s to buy my Stereoly and viewer. And my late father-in-law lived on baked beans for a month in the 1930s to buy his Colt National Match (which we still have). There's a difference between failing to pay your rent, and living on cheap food for a while.
Cheers,
R.
thank god my mind came back before it was too late...
phew 😱
Well, I lived on muesli for a week in the 1970s to buy my Stereoly and viewer. And my late father-in-law lived on baked beans for a month in the 1930s to buy his Colt National Match (which we still have). There's a difference between failing to pay your rent, and living on cheap food for a while.
Incidentally, where are there credible references to HCB putting tape on his cameras?
Cheers,
R.