Leicaphilia

By the title, I was thinking this would be about something kinky I could do with my camera. Instead it is a thoroughly enjoyable article. We RFF denizens knew all that, but it's a fun read none-the-less.
 
Roger Hicks said:
First trannies and now this...
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I'm just thankful fanny packs have not translated across the atlantic, as hearing of both trannies and fannies in more common usage than I'm accustomed to, would be too much for me :)

Haven't read the article fully, but it looks like a great place to point friends of the opinion Leica ownership is restricted to collectors and dentists..

Keep up the good work, reading your articles is a pleasure,

Damien
 
Interesting read - cant say I agree with everything, but its always fun to see another point of view on the subject of cameras.
 
Interesting read indeed and many good points and arguments, Roger. Thought I felt it started get a bit repetitive towards the haters in the conclusion.

Still a good read for this distracted desk jockey
 
I enjoyed reading this and couldn't agree more with the underlying message of 'if it suits you and your photography, then use it'.​

Also liked the passage about CLAs. Reminded me of one repairer who was infamous for never taking apart any of the cameras he got in for a CLA. Instead he would just take a hypo filled with grease and squirt it into the mechanicals prior to returning the camera to its owner. The strange thing was he got very few back, and a good many letters of commendation for the work he had(n't) carried out!​

John
 
Roger, it appears that, as a younger man, you tend(ed) to have a penchant for photographing young, pretty girls ;-)
I enjoyed reading the article.
 
Attwo said:
+1. Quite amusing.




A 1967 model according to the plates.
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Now you've gone and complicated things. Or, maybe, VW America dd.

Disambiguating various model years of bugs, for us on this side of the pond, was simplified a bit by (visual) changes in '66 with the "1300" badge on the engine cover, and in '67 with its "Volkswagen" badge on the engine cover. Which is why I'd have guessed '64 or '65 for the bug in the picture.
 
A good read, I like the question and answer style of the writing.
But I can't see any pictures. Hopefully it's fixed when the article is published.
 
The Beetle is a '64 US-spec, bought second-hand in Bermuda and imported into the UK in '67 or '68.

Dail and I were together for rather over 3 years.

Glad people have been enjoying it. Dunno why the pics won't load for some. Sorry! I'll contact the web-master.

Cheers,

R.
 
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