Leica User Forum - View Single Post - LTM users, its time to stand up and be counted!

fotografz · 01/22/07, 02:41 AM

You guys are like camera pimps ... those cameras are so seductively beautiful.

I use to collect and shoot with some oldies, but it was so long ago I can scarcely recall the models I had. One was built in 1932 according to the Leica collectors book. Took great photos too. Silky smooth operation. One other was some sort of rare IIIG or something with a matching Leicavit. The Japanese buyers in the early 80s used to follow me around at shows trying to get me to sell it.

Anyway, very nice gear. Real eye candy.

Here's a history question I always wondered about ... why did the increadibly beautiful finish of these old cameras and lenses disappear?

01/22/07, 02:41 AM	#50 (permalink)
fotografz Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 02/04/03 Location: Franklin Posts: 526	Re: LTM users, its time to stand up and be counted! You guys are like camera pimps ... those cameras are so seductively beautiful. I use to collect and shoot with some oldies, but it was so long ago I can scarcely recall the models I had. One was built in 1932 according to the Leica collectors book. Took great photos too. Silky smooth operation. One other was some sort of rare IIIG or something with a matching Leicavit. The Japanese buyers in the early 80s used to follow me around at shows trying to get me to sell it. Anyway, very nice gear. Real eye candy. Here's a history question I always wondered about ... why did the increadibly beautiful finish of these old cameras and lenses disappear?