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Dave M

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Hi just purchased my first Leica camera a Leica MP from Michael Rawcliffe a forum member a pure gent.Cant wait to get back into film photography again after a absence of twenty years.The camera is in fantastic condition and will keep my happy now for many years to come.The camera looks and feels quality, hope to post the odd photo on here soon thanks again Mike.

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I bit the bullet early on, and got my wife an M4 - - - to go with the M4 I got to replace my IIIc.

 

IT WORKED!! No negative vibes from there on out. (But she kept "borrowing" my 90TE)

 

Of course, we are hot dogs and beans for quite some time.

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B&H photo in New York currently offers 111 different versions and configurations of 35mm film - Roll Film | B&H Photo Video while Freestyle Photo offers 76 different 35mm film emulsions/configurations - Black and White Film | Freestyle Photographic Supplies while Film Photography Project offers 112 different 35mm emulsions - 35mm Film | Film Photography Project and Lomography offers 39 different 35mm films - 35mm Film – Lomography Shop

 

Moral of the story - 35mm film is not going to go extinct any time soon; that is not something to lose sleep over. Buy your film MP and enjoy the world of film photography. ;)

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Hi just purchased my first Leica camera a Leica MP from Michael Rawcliffe a forum member a pure gent.Cant wait to get back into film photography again [...]

 

Thank you for the post. It reminds me that I can no longer recall the special feeling I had when I got my first Leica, an M2 in 1965. All that remains is that I had in my hands all that I would ever need to make photographs. That little bit remains. All the tech that followed is immediately immaterial.

 

Welcome. You could not have acquired a better camera.

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Pico - tired and recollecting. :)

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Thank you for the post. It reminds me that I can no longer recall the special feeling I had when I got my first Leica, an M2 in 1965. All that remains is that I had in my hands all that I would ever need to make photographs. That little bit remains. All the tech that followed is immediately immaterial.

 

Welcome. You could not have acquired a better camera.

--

Pico - tired and recollecting. :)

 

So presently a Contax T for you?

(The original model, not the T2, T3.

If needed one can freely over-/underexpose by changing the ISO before each shot - and back to correct after the series.)

Winter's over soon :)

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