I did use a collapsible lens on the IIIf, but seriously I think what attracted
people to it was the sheer beauty of the mechanical camera with its shine
silver surface and all the knobs and dials.
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>
>> Ken, you should consider one thing about SM Leicas: they are babe magnets.
>> I used to have a IIIf in the 90s in Brussels. This was also a period when my
>> wife dragged me to a lot of fancy parties in the international community of
>> which we were a part. Whenever I took the IIIf with me, I had to fight off
>> all kinds of attractive women who wanted to have a closer look. I am not
>> kidding.
>
>
> This must have been because of the collapsible lens?
>
> AG
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