Incredibly simple camera. No viewfinder inside. The viewfinder went into the accessory shoe. The lens was that collapsible 50/3.5 Elmar I think it was. It was new when I got it - absolutely mint. I'd found it in a camera shop in the original box in Bulawayo in 1953. I thought the shutter speeds were a bit off, so I sent it to the agents in Johannesburg. It never came back. It was stolen by someone who probably knew its worth - I certainly didn't. I complained like hell and they gave me a new M3. I sold that after a couple of years because I was already into Alpa reflex - what an idiot. I used the money for Alpa lenses and beer.
D Don Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raimo Korhonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 12:39 PM Subject: Vs: Lens sharpness vs. camera shake > Leica F1? What is that? > All the best! > Raimo > Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho > > -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- > Lähettäjä: Dr E D F Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Päivä: 21. joulukuuta 2002 9:19 > Aihe: Re: Lens sharpness vs. camera shake > > > >As a student I used to shoot in the 'Pig and Whistle', near the University, > >with a Leica F1. I usually perched it on a beer tankard (empty) and operated > >it with a longish cable release. Hardly anyone noticed the camera. The > >pictures were great. I had an album full of them - lost now. There's a long > >long road awinding ... aaaaargh! > <snip> > > > >Don > > > >Don Williams > > > >http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > >Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery > >Updated: March 30, 2002 > > > >
