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usonian

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3. Yes, I so wanted a Leica M4

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

Sat May 11, 2024, 02:24 PM

May 2024

but I loved macro photography from the outset, so I jumped from the Fujica to a Nikkormat with the 55 mm. macro/normal lens.

To do so with a Leica would have required a Visoflex reflex housing and a 65 mm. Elmar lens, making it an SLR.

So I got the SLR.

The M4 must have been fun!

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For its 25th anniversary, DP Review asked staff what was their first camera. [View all] usonian May 2024 OP

My favorite camera was a Leica M4 Walleye May 2024 #1

Yes, I so wanted a Leica M4 usonian May 2024 #3

Yes, the Leica had it's limitations. I also had a Nikon F for telephoto lenses Walleye May 2024 #11

Summicron f/2. Spectacular lens. usonian May 2024 #12

Brownie! elleng May 2024 #2

Oh, but so many old family photos are badly exposed. usonian May 2024 #5

Mine are MISSING, as they're OLD and subjected to many moves. elleng May 2024 #10

I could never get over the Polaroid. Arne May 2024 #4

My first camera was the premium I chose from those I was eligible for for selling enough 50 Shades Of Blue May 2024 #6

I had a Brownie and an Instamatic but my first " real " camera Ocelot II May 2024 #7

Mine was a used Miranda. Can't remember what model but it did what I wanted for that teen age kid.. mitch96 May 2024 #8

First was a Minolta SRT101 HAB911 May 2024 #9