I understand, Jim. I have an old Rollei 35 in the same boat.
Charlie
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 1:17 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks, Charlie. It really needs a CLA, but I won't be shooting any
> more film, so it just "rests in peace".
>
> On 1/26/21 12:13 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> > Looks well cared for, Jim.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 1:07 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Sitting at home in more or less confinement, I started looking through
> >> my images for ones that seemed significant. This one caught my eye. It
> >> was taken about 13 years ago, but has much more history. I began to get
> >> the photography bug in 1951, but could only afford a Kodak Brownie. As a
> >> young USAF Lt. with a wife to support, new photo gear was a dream. I
> >> spent some of my free time in Trader Horn's used camera area of the
> >> Salem Camera Shop near our apartment in Dayton, Ohio, watching for a
> >> buying opportunity. I finally found a used Leica IIIa with a new focal
> >> plane shutter and a coated Elmar 50/3.5 lens that I couldn't resist.
> >> Researching the serial number told me it probably started life around
> >> 1934 as a Leica III, and was later factory converted to a IIIa with the
> >> addition of a top shutter speed of 1/1000 of a second.
> >>
> >> This camera introduced me to a life-long hobby that has taken me through
> >> a number of cameras and systems, but, the quality of its images was
> >> first class. The early images are just as sharp as the ones I make
> today.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210126-2006_0219LeicaIIIa0003small.JPG.html
> >>
> >> Polished up in Lightroom and Photoshop.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jim Nichols
> >> Tullahoma, TN USA
> >>
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