Peter, Somehow I think that the "50" is an artifact of his e-mail server, and was never intended to be part of the message. But WTF do I know? I am an acknowledged computer illiterate. Someone forwarded Ardy's message re: Porsche 911 to me. My 911 never was my only car, and never will be. (Unless my wife divorces me! :-) Jerry "Peter K." wrote: > Jerry, > > All I asked is what is a TLR 50? Maybe using the TLR with 80mm as if > it were a 50mm on a 35mm camera? > Personally, I never cared for Leicas or the mystique about them. I > have never been comfortable using them. Hate the stupid way to load > film and could not live with the 1/50 sync speed. I much prefer SLRs. > Yes, there are a few exceptions for me. I use a few inexpensive > rangefinders like the Olympus XA or an old Yashica Lynx with a very > sharp 50mm F1.4 lens, and also on ocassion a Rolleikin in my TLR. > Aside that, I rarely use anything but SLRs for 35mm. > > Peter K > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:35:32 -0800, Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wro= > te: > > Peter and Bob Shell, > >=20 > > Dearth of Leicas? I have and use three of them. In my year long assignm= > ents > > in Japan and the UK, I carried a Leica with 3 lenses; a 21mm, 35mm and a > > 90mm. Notice, no 50mm! Too confining. > >=20 > > Jerry > >=20 > > "Peter K." wrote: > >=20 > > > What is a Rollei TLR 50? > > > > > > On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:10:36 -0500, dnygr <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Seeing all the cameras used I'm surprised at the dearth of Leicas. > > > >=3D20 > > > > My feeling is that Leicas and Rolleis go together. I like to use a Ro= > llei=3D > > > TLR 50, a Leica M6 with a 35mm lens, a Hasselblad 38mm biogon and a Ho= > rsem=3D > > > an 6x12 with a Rodenstock 65. I don't care much for longer lenses as yo= > u ca=3D > > > n all probably tell. Maybe some day I will. As of today, I don't. > > > >=3D20 > > > > Doug Nygren > > > >=3D20 > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > >=3D20 > > > >=3D20 > > > > > > --=3D20 > > > Peter K > > > =3DD3=3DBF=3DD5=3DAC > >=20 > >=20 > > --=20 > Peter K > =D3=BF=D5=AC