[LRflex] Re: Multiple Leicas in pictures

Elliot commented:

>Doug:  Nice!  It's amazing how many of us develop an attachment to our Leica
>gear, and even use such gear reasonably often!!! How many "machines" more
>then 30 years old ( and some even older ) still work almost as well as the
>day they were made?   Other then a 30 year old woman-well, hard to think of
>almost anything else :}.

Well, like the distaff side, a little TLC can go a long way. I was 
delighted with the results from 'old 4387', which is performing as 
well as when it was first made around 80 years ago.

You can see the story of the camera and some of the shots I took with 
it at Wetzlar last year by visiting:

http://homepages.iol.ie/~corkflor

and clicking on the links.

OTOH it did require the magic of UK-based Leica guru Malcolm Taylor 
to bring it back to spec, and it should now see me out with no 
problem at all.

The main thing, as Elliot points out, is that these cameras must have 
exercise, which is why it's so sad that some of the best examples 
simply moulder in collectors' closets.

Best

A.


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