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Post by leicaflex on Jul 13, 2013 21:43:13 GMT -5
Hello to all from Del Rio, Texas! My name is Dwight and I am a school teacher by profession. I am 53 and I have been collecting cameras since I was about 9 years old. I try to take lots of pictures and burn some Tri-X on a regular basis. My favorite areas are Nikon SLRs of the non AI era, Leica anything (what I can afford!!) Rolleiflex, Zeiss, Mamiya, Hasselblad, and Canon EOS (digital and film). I have a wonderful wife who lets me decorate part of the living room with things that go click. My latest gizmo is a Hasselblad 553 elx. They are going for a song these days, I doubt they would even have let me look at one when they were current! I have always been very fond of 6x6 starting with a Mamiya C220 that I bought with money from my first real job. As far as things I look forward too, I would love to find a tropical camera some day, and of course own every piece of gear ever made in Wetzlar (just kidding). I play the violin and viola, and I have been a music teacher for 30 years or so. I was trained as a photographer in the 70's by a man who studied with Ansel Adams among others. I still have a Pentax 1/21 spotmeter the Ansel actually used to do a Zone System demonstration, it's sort of a secondary holy relic. I look forward to talking and learning about cameras. I have a dog named Atlas and two cats named Nikon and Leica (really) Anybody else have a pet (or child) with a camera name?
Best,
Dwight
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Post by mickeyobe on Jul 13, 2013 23:01:09 GMT -5
Welcome leicaflex. (Howdy Podnah?)
Your collecting experience is a trifle richer than mine but since you are a string man you are forgiven
If we could find a cello plucker we would have a Camera String Quartet.
Except arthritis prevents me from playing my double bass any more. But there must be a stand in somewhere.
The closest I can come to a pet is being occasionally allowed the privilege of babysitting my son's cat, Killer.
Hardly a photographic name but not bad for a musical one if we use Mac The Knife as the quartet's theme.
There is a squirrel in the neighbourhood named Nuts with whom I am friendly. I could call him Tail of Vienna Woods.
As you can tell by this letter I am not on my best behaviour at midnight but I am sure you will find plenty of sane souls in this happy group.
Mickey
And so to bed. ---- After I pop a few more pills.
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Post by leicaflex on Jul 14, 2013 0:01:24 GMT -5
Thanks Mickey,
I would love to play quartets! I play violin most of the time, but I really was a viola major at Interlochen (high school) and Ithaca College. I got a new viola a few months ago that is about 3/4" shorter than my old one and it lets me switch back and forth more easily. I forgot to mention my need for Canon FD mount cameras, I am very much taken with the F-1n, really an elegant camera, every time I try to get a prism off a Nikon F or F2 I wish they went off and on like the Canon (smooooth)
Best,
Dwight
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Post by Rachel on Jul 14, 2013 5:50:43 GMT -5
Welcome Leicaflex. My first Leica was a Leicaflex SL. I still have an SL but not that first one. I was a Canon girl most of my middle years. Started with an EOS650 then I handled a FTB at a local camera shop and was won over to the FL/FD range. So I traded my EOS gear for FD equipment. I did eventually add some EOS stuff and now use a 5D Mk1. Nikon is one of the brands I've never owned apart from, briefly, a digital compact.
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Post by leicaflex on Jul 14, 2013 8:47:59 GMT -5
Rachel,
My first good camera was a Canon Ftb. It was a wonderful solid metal camera. I have one now, but it is not the same one. I had a detour to Pentax K models (2 MX's and an LX) the LX died on me on a trip to the UK and I wish I had not given up my Canon gear. My boss was a devoted Nikon F user and that is wear I got my interest in them. I think the F is one of the 5 or so most important cameras of the last century. I am especially fond of an F body with the plain non-metered prism. Bodies and lenses are so cheap now that they can be enjoyed by lots of hobby collectors. My leica repairman Sherry always says that the Leicaflex SL is the M3 of the Reflex cameras and I agree. The SL is such a solid beast and it is so much more affordable to buy R models than M rangefinders. All that said my usual companions are a Canon 50D, a Leica M4p, and a Hasselblad 503CX.
Best,
Dwight
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Post by casualcollector on Jul 14, 2013 11:32:42 GMT -5
Welcome Leicaflex. I did learn to work the cello when I was a young 'un. I had several devoted teachers try to make a musician of me but my interests were elsewhere. I made an excursion into the trombone but both instruments were left behind at high school graduation. First camera I ever used was a Nikon F at age ten back in 1965. Developing that film really set the hook. Never could gather the money for one and my first 35 was a Canon FT when they were being closed out in 1971. Since then, many cameras have been gathered and few have departed. Since the turn of the century, I have acquired a Nikon F (less that reliable even after repair) a Leicaflex SL (for the princely sum of $1.00) and at least one example of just about every Japanese 35mm SLR marque. My experiences to be eventually chronicled here. sites.google.com/site/casualcollectorproject/HomeLooking forward to hearing of your experiences and seeing your images. Bill |
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Post by leicaflex on Jul 14, 2013 12:12:55 GMT -5
Bill, I really like the Canon FD cameras, I have an FTb, an EF, and two F1s. The FD lenses are a bargain. The EF is a handy camera in these days without our beloved and much missed PX625 as it has a voltage regulator and works just fine with the replacement batteries. I find the F1 to be such an elegant camera and I lusted after one a great deal when I was young and they cost a mint. I took a look at your web site and I enjoyed it very much. I need to reorganize my display at the hose today, We have just survived some remodeling and despite lots of plastic I have dust in places I never dreamed of!
Best,
Dwight
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Post by leicaflex on Jul 15, 2013 11:05:18 GMT -5
Marco!
A man after my own heart! I have always dreamed of visiting Italy especially Florence, Venice, and Cremona! I think I would die and go to heaven to see the Ufizi! I want to see Cremona as I am a musician and it is the birthplace of the violin. My violin and viola were both made by luthiers who studied at violin making school in Cremona. My violin is a copy of the 1722 Guarneri del Jesu the "Lafont". I am also a great devotee of Nikon I love the F and the F2. I am thinking about getting an F5 as I do have an autofocus Nikon lens and I have been told the F5 has superb metering system and great AF. That said I guess my collecting is based around the 35mm SLRs I lusted after as a 14 year old and pro cameras in general. I have started an affair with Hasselblad lately and am very taken with the V series cameras. They seem to be very undervalued at the moment, which is good for me!
Ciao!
Dwight
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2013 12:25:31 GMT -5
Dwight, welcome. Nowadays non metered prisms for the old Nikons are worth more than the cameras. I have a couple of Fs -- a TN and an FTn -- neither in outstanding shape and the F2 I couldn't afford back in the day. Also picked up an FM and an FA. In recent years I've owned both the F4 and the F3 (should have held onto both).I had an Pentax LX when they were new and loved the way it fit my hands. But it suffered from all sorts of electronic hiccups --which always happened at the most inopportune times.
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Post by hansz on Jul 15, 2013 13:18:04 GMT -5
Welcome Dwight,
No Nikon here, but Canons, Topcons, Exaktas, and, above all, Zeiss Ikon equipment.
just came back from a short trip to Paris and the Eifel (shopping and the second for the geology).
About dogs, nothing camera-like, but in the park close by, somebody shouted "Ober!!" which translates to Waiter in English... and a dog (Dutch: Mechelse herder) came running home. Big laugh everywhere! IMHO still the best name for a dog I've ever heard.
Hans
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Post by mickeyobe on Jul 15, 2013 16:55:52 GMT -5
About dogs, nothing camera-like, but in the park close by, somebody shouted "Ober!!" which translates to Waiter in English... and a dog (Dutch: Mechelse herder) came running home. Big laugh everywhere! IMHO still the best name for a dog I've ever heard.
HansRead more: cameracollector.proboards.com/posts/recent#ixzz2ZAIHICQEHmm. Woof!!!! Grrrr!!!! Snarl!!!! Mickey OBERman
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Post by leicaflex on Jul 16, 2013 22:21:25 GMT -5
Well maybe some day Marco. I have also looked at the F4, it looks incredibly rugged, I may have to have one of those as well. KEH has some for fairly good prices. My boss/teacher loved the Nikon F (although the photograph of him hanging in my house is him with his chrome Leica M4) In the early 80's he bought every clean F body he could so he figured he would never run out of parts for the rest of his life. He didn't. He and I both liked them with a plain prism (no meter). With a Weston Master IV you can have a no battery system.
Best,
Dwight
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2013 9:25:51 GMT -5
The best way to get the attention of most American dogs is to yell "SQUIRREL!!!"
The dogs here, in Toronto, allow the squirrels to continue enjoying their happy, carefree, harmless lives without threatening them, shooting them or eating them. They, the squirrels that is, are great attractions for tourists with cameras and will pose appealingly for nuts. The seed and human kinds. Our dogs are, like most Canadian citizens, peaceful, law abiding types who enjoy the antics of their bushy tailed neighbours. The best way to attract a Canadian dog is with 1/2 lb of ground prime roast. No fools, they. Mickey  Wayne, I have unintentionally destroyed your letter. I apologize. I may never get used to this new format for CC. All I wanted to do is quote you. Instead I have removed you. I can't find your original letter to get it back. You may exact whatever punishment you deem fits the crime. Mickey  To carry this even further is it possible for one to post a 'REPLY' and have the person's and name a reference to which letter is being replied shown at the top of the REPLY and an extract of the original letter appear automatically? Or any one of the above. And Anyone (especially me) other than the original letter writer should not be allowed to enter and edit or change a letter not hers or his. Mickey  Hey! You're Back! How did that happen? What a relief! Mickey 
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Post by f16 on Aug 25, 2013 11:01:17 GMT -5
Hello Dwight. I'm Bill also in TX , Houston to be exact.
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Post by len on Sept 14, 2017 10:38:10 GMT -5
HI. Len from virginia. 50 years old attended UNC. My dad passed a few years ago and I want to find a home for his 1965 Leica M3 and lenses and tons of other stuff. Trying to clean some things out. If I am being rude posting this here offer apologies. I need to come up with my sons tuition for next semester. If you know anyone let them know. Excellent condition. Peace.
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