albada60 Posted March 6, 2011 Share #101 Posted March 6, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, Just thought I'd chime in on this thread. This boy was born in 1953 and went on his first Leica spotting exercise in 1969 when he spied this weathered brown camera case in his Dad's wardrobe. What's that camera Dad? That's a Leica! Smitten and bitten by an M3 double-wind with collapsible 'Cron from age 16! The Fujica compact 35 I had scrimped and saved for beforehand hardly saw another roll of film. My journey with Leica has continued ever since. Best. Sheridan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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businessasusual Posted March 6, 2011 Share #102 Posted March 6, 2011 Always amused when I see those yellow triangular road warning signs - children or aged crossing. There should be the one for the age that is at most risk - 15-20 would be about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted March 6, 2011 Share #103 Posted March 6, 2011 There should be the one for the age that is at most risk - 15-20 would be about it. At that age you think you know everything. By the time you get to 30 you realise you knew nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted March 6, 2011 Share #104 Posted March 6, 2011 [...]However, the impression I get of the average Leica user is that with their age comes a curmudgeonly disapproval and whining about the modern world, at least in so far as photography is concerned. Nonsense. Very many of us Olde Phartes were deeply involved in the technology you enjoy today. For example, I and others here have been on a computer communications network of some kind since about 1975 (DEC in my case), I did a decade of programming and research in natural language processing that you will soon employ, did the foundations of relational database work, and generally developed things that never before existed. I am marinated in modern technology. However, my first career was photography in an age where we could calculate in our heads all that needed to be known to make photographs, and we did well with clockwork cameras. Speaking only for myself, I find little joy in the current digital camera technology because I do not need it. You might need it, at least to write of it, which seems more important to you than making photos. I must say that obsessing about the current stage of digital imaging hardware is silly because it will go through a transition that will shock even you, and perhaps one day you will pine for the days when there were cameras you could fondle and write of. You seem to be quite fond of commenting upon hardware. (BTW, get your hands on the Voigtlander 25mm f/.95 you inquired of in another forum and try it, including minimum focusing distance and you will buy one.) Your penchant for casting an age group in derogatory terms is exactly the kind of behavior of which you accuse us, without evidence of understanding. (And you blokes get free bus passes? Lucky you!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoleica Posted March 6, 2011 Share #105 Posted March 6, 2011 Being a vintage aroma myself (Although I have not yet reached the age where it becomes my primary means of forward motion.) I would be very interested if the 2 members who claim to be under 10 would care to offer an opinion on their experience of Leica, and of photography in general? I am impressed that the 'younger generation' are prepared to use a 'proper' camera at all, and even more so by those who choose to use a manual camera rather than a fully electronic auto-everything marvel of technology and fashion. I also find it heartening to see the number that are discovering film, and the discipline that using such a medium entails. It gives me hope for the future of the human race when so many actions of modern youth give me cause to despair. Perhaps we are not doomed to become either Elio or Morlock? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoleica Posted March 6, 2011 Share #106 Posted March 6, 2011 Always amused when I see those yellow triangular road warning signs - children or aged crossing. There should be the one for the age that is at most risk - 15-20 would be about it. Yes, I agree. They fit aiming sights on the front of Mercedes cars for a reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted March 6, 2011 Share #107 Posted March 6, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) ... I am marinated in modern technology.... Nice trope! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcoombs Posted March 7, 2011 Share #108 Posted March 7, 2011 Being a vintage aroma myself (Although I have not yet reached the age where it becomes my primary means of forward motion.) I would be very interested if the 2 members who claim to be under 10 would care to offer an opinion on their experience of Leica, and of photography in general? I am impressed that the 'younger generation' are prepared to use a 'proper' camera at all, and even more so by those who choose to use a manual camera rather than a fully electronic auto-everything marvel of technology and fashion. I also find it heartening to see the number that are discovering film, and the discipline that using such a medium entails. It gives me hope for the future of the human race when so many actions of modern youth give me cause to despair. Perhaps we are not doomed to become either Elio or Morlock? Absolutely! Let's have those young'ns speak up! We already know what we think. Doug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christakis Posted March 7, 2011 Share #109 Posted March 7, 2011 I don't know if this was mentioned before but does this count as a Leica for the sole purpose of voting above? Link If yes, it might explain the 0-9yrs olds votes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 8, 2011 Share #110 Posted March 8, 2011 iangee is right. It would be interesting to see the age distribution for when people bought their first Leica (together with the year to link to current age). Mine was a 3-lug M5 in about 1975 when I was in my mid-twenties; before wife and family. I have swapped bodies down the years: M6 TTL, M8.2 (briefly), now M9, but still have the M6. Starting to think some days it would be good if I could swap my own body for a newer model. Regards Martin It would indeed I was 30 and the camera an M3 with goggled Summaron 2.8 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted March 8, 2011 Share #111 Posted March 8, 2011 Bought my first Leica, an M2 with 50mm rigid Summicron at 19 years-old. It cost me months of wages. I think total was $280. New. Tax-free. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share #112 Posted March 8, 2011 My first Leica was an M2. I bought it in 1993 and it didn't cost me a week's wages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
!Nomad64 Posted March 8, 2011 Share #113 Posted March 8, 2011 Mine was an used R5 bought at age 28. Bruno Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 8, 2011 Share #114 Posted March 8, 2011 I was 27 (1983), Leica IIIc with Elmar 5cm (but problematic to sort these data for the >800 people that voted the poll...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcoombs Posted March 8, 2011 Share #115 Posted March 8, 2011 Bought my first Leica in 1965 at age 18 (a IIIG, with a 50mm summicron and a 135mm Elmar) from my brother. Still have it, and still love it! Doug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revdockj Posted March 9, 2011 Share #116 Posted March 9, 2011 Bought my first Leica when I was 27--M4-P with 35mm summicron ver. IV, 50mm Noctilux, 90mm Tele-Elmarit. Don't use the M4-P anymore, but I use these three lenses every day (along with 5 others) on my M8 and M9. Ken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
masjah Posted March 9, 2011 Share #117 Posted March 9, 2011 My wife bought me a 40/2.4 Minilux for a birthday present in my early 50's. ("I think you're old enough for a real camera now".) I was astounded by the image quality produced by that lens, and I was hooked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted March 9, 2011 Share #118 Posted March 9, 2011 Can we assume he voted twice, each time giving half his age? ................. .................................. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyoung Posted March 9, 2011 Share #119 Posted March 9, 2011 In my case, 1962, aged 18, IIf + 3.5/50 and 4/90 Elmars. Sorry to say I changed it for a Pentax three months later when I got some work photographing motor racing. Returned to the fold in 1968 with a brand new M3 (one of the last) withj 35/2, 50/2.8, 90/2.8 and 135/4 I still have all of those except the 2.8 Elmar 50 was changed a few years ago for an L39 version to use on the III I inherited. Gerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJohnE Posted March 10, 2011 Share #120 Posted March 10, 2011 1957. I bought a IIc, E/R case, 35, 50, 90 Elmars, Imarect finder for (curses, can't remenber the keystroke combination) !00 Rhodesian pounds. Unfortunately, I had been brought up to be honest, so I had resisted the temptation to "buy" one on 10% deposit in Auckland the same day I sailed to Africa. In great sanctity, John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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