Desert Shooter
Trippin on Film
My friend, Ted White, attended this weekend's Tucson Camera Club camera show, and hasen't been the same since. He has the most intense case of GAS or the "gotta haves" I've seen in awhile. I shot him several times drooling on Leica screw mount cameras at various vendors tables. I suspect that in a few days time, he'll be telling us about his new Leica III. This was taken from three tables away with a Leica M6, M Rokkor 90mm at f4, 1/20 sec Ilford FP4.
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Such a serious look on his face. He does look to be in the zone.
Kim Coxon
Moderator
If it is the same Ted White I think it is, it might help to keep him away from his Pentax's. 
Give him my regards.
Kim
Give him my regards.Kim
Desert Shooter
Trippin on Film
Kim, it's the same guy. He's consumed with photography, and it doesn't seem to matter what kind of camera. He is just as happy prowling the streets of Bisbee with his Rolliflex as with his Pentax Spotmatic,
FrankS
Registered User
Poor guy. Someone should just shoot him now. Euthanasia.
Biggles
My cup runneth amok.
Mr. White doesn't need a Leica.
I think he could make good pictures with a jeweller's loupe and a Sucrets tin.
I think he could make good pictures with a jeweller's loupe and a Sucrets tin.
Desert Shooter
Trippin on Film
I've only had my M6 for a few weeks, and a dozen or so rolls of film. I bought it beacuse everyone spoke of them in absolute awe, and I just had to find out if all this blather was real. My CV Bessa R3a has more features, and 1/2000 sec! For a week or so I was sure that I'd sell my M6 because thay just aren't that big of a deal, but the thing has grown on me. As I head out the door in the mornings I find that I pick it up over all my other cameras almost every time.
Kim Coxon
Moderator
Welcome to the sea of lost souls.
Kim
Kim
Desert Shooter
Trippin on Film
Biggles, that is the best compliment I've ever heard for a photographer. I'm sure Ted will be thrilled when he reads this thread.
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tedwhite
Guest
OK, I'm out of the closet.
And thank you Biggles, both for the compliment and the camera idea. Hmmm, a jewelers loupe and a Sucrets tin. Hadn't thought of that. Would an Altoids tin do? It's all I've got, but it's wide enough for TriX.
I think the jeweler's loupe's going to need a lens hood, though.
NOW FOR THE BIG NEWS: I have succumbed to the Siren's Song. I bought a Barnack Leica IIIF from one of the members of the Western Photographic Historical Society, Matt Lepree, who was there Sunday and had it with him. I got to examine it and inspect it and fondle it and play with it and so I know what I'm getting, rather than waiting for an ebay surprise.
I'll be going up to Tucson tomorrow or the next day to pick it up. He's also got the perfect match for it: Collapsible Summicron 50/2.8 @ $200, but I can't justify the expenditure as I've already got 2 LTM lenses, plus Desert Shooter might loan me that Jupiter 8 I sold him a couple of months ago for $25. I mean, when you've got an Ultron, a Nokton, and an M-Rokkor, why do you need a J8? (That'll be my line).
Yes, Kim, I might forego the Pentaxes for a time. Indeed. (But you've some hidden away, I suspect).
Ted (Gassed out)
And thank you Biggles, both for the compliment and the camera idea. Hmmm, a jewelers loupe and a Sucrets tin. Hadn't thought of that. Would an Altoids tin do? It's all I've got, but it's wide enough for TriX.
I think the jeweler's loupe's going to need a lens hood, though.
NOW FOR THE BIG NEWS: I have succumbed to the Siren's Song. I bought a Barnack Leica IIIF from one of the members of the Western Photographic Historical Society, Matt Lepree, who was there Sunday and had it with him. I got to examine it and inspect it and fondle it and play with it and so I know what I'm getting, rather than waiting for an ebay surprise.
I'll be going up to Tucson tomorrow or the next day to pick it up. He's also got the perfect match for it: Collapsible Summicron 50/2.8 @ $200, but I can't justify the expenditure as I've already got 2 LTM lenses, plus Desert Shooter might loan me that Jupiter 8 I sold him a couple of months ago for $25. I mean, when you've got an Ultron, a Nokton, and an M-Rokkor, why do you need a J8? (That'll be my line).
Yes, Kim, I might forego the Pentaxes for a time. Indeed. (But you've some hidden away, I suspect).
Ted (Gassed out)
Ted, congrats, have fun, good luck, and watch out for those F/2.8 Summicrons... No such thing. All Summicrons are f/2.
mike goldberg
The Peaceful Pacific
Hey Ted, Congrats!
That's wonderful news. The paths and journey we are on, sometimes just
amazes me. Of course, I have an M2, taken out for special occasions.
The Bessa R opened up a whole new world for me, that of the screwmounts.
When I saw Ruben's beaurtiful new-old Fed, recently arrived from Oleg...
I just had to have one [$65-] And, I discovered this week,
that changing lenses on a screwmount is no big deal.
Look forward to your IIIF pix.
Cheers, mike
That's wonderful news. The paths and journey we are on, sometimes just
amazes me. Of course, I have an M2, taken out for special occasions.
The Bessa R opened up a whole new world for me, that of the screwmounts.
When I saw Ruben's beaurtiful new-old Fed, recently arrived from Oleg...
I just had to have one [$65-]
And, I discovered this week, that changing lenses on a screwmount is no big deal.
Look forward to your IIIF pix.
Cheers, mike
projectbluebird
Film Abuser
I too fell prey to the call of Leica.
The funny thing was, I thought that all the leicanuts were just that, nuts.
"A camera is a box with a lens and film, nothing more," I used to say.
And then, I bought an M3, just to see what the fuss was about.
and then I bought a summicron (50)
And then... and Then... (and so on)
At the moment my GAS is in remission, mostly because I'm broke. (gee, I wonder where all these lenses came from?) And my leica is all but welded to my hand whenever I leave the house.
Welcome to the land of leica, Ted. You may be amazed at the alchemy that turns money into brass and glass, but you won't be disappointed.
The funny thing was, I thought that all the leicanuts were just that, nuts.
"A camera is a box with a lens and film, nothing more," I used to say.
And then, I bought an M3, just to see what the fuss was about.
and then I bought a summicron (50)
And then... and Then... (and so on)
At the moment my GAS is in remission, mostly because I'm broke. (gee, I wonder where all these lenses came from?) And my leica is all but welded to my hand whenever I leave the house.
Welcome to the land of leica, Ted. You may be amazed at the alchemy that turns money into brass and glass, but you won't be disappointed.
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Nikon Bob
Guest
I can understand the feeling for Leica. Recently I have been shooting Feds, Kievs and various fixed lense RFs and enjoyed the results these cameras gave me. I picked up my M4 the other day and dry fired it a few times, the first in a long while, and was again immediately impressed by it's smoothness of operation over the cameras that I had been using. All the cameras that I have been using lately worked but the M4 just feels so good to use. Congrats Ted on your new purchase and enjoy.
Bob
Bob
FrankS
Registered User
projectbluebird said:
This needs to be enshrined somewhere, to refer to whenever the "Leica" issue comes up.
MISH
Well-known
projectbluebird said:
my thoughts exactly..... heard from a reliable source that the elves in wetzler put a powefull drug in the vulcanite... once you buy one you want them all
Peter55
Leica M5 & Summilux User
I'm ready to add a 35mm lens to my 50 Lux and M5. But I'm officially a starving artist again.
Berliner
Well-known
Yes. All you've heard is true. You poor soul...! Enjoy!
Vics
Veteran
Congratulations, Ted! I'm two years into my M3 and the worst part is that it gets worse with time! All my other cameras, to which I had pledged my un-dying loyalty, are gathering dust in the closet. Here I sit at my desk at work, and there's the M3 in its bag on the floor behind me. I'm a goner! Enjoy!