philip pegden Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 29 and just in to my second year of Leica ownership. Convert from a Canon SLR outfit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I'm 61 and got a LTM Canon IIs at 18, a Leica IIIC at 20 or 21. My first M was a brand new M4 when they first came out. My son Jonathan just turned 28 and has a CL with 40 and 90mm lenses, which he's had for several years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisarguelles Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Karl, you've nailed. I'm 45. I started to use a Leica I Standard back in 1976 when I was 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markus_biedermann Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I'm 30. First Leica was a R6 a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason_b. Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I'm 26. Bought my first M4 with a 50/1.4 when I was 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0_007 Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 29, using leica for the past 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_neuthaler Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 61 -- my first Leica a IIIG in 1968; latest a M5 six weeks ago! Have had besides, over the years, a M3, M2, M4, R5, IIIC, IIIF RD ST, and currently with my M5, a SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n.s._ng Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Hi, Started using my father's Leica M3 w/50mm. Summarit when I was 15. I am now 49. I am still using this M3 plus M6, R3, R6.2 and R8. Best regards, N.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manu_vermeiren Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 32, a user for 2 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max_fun Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I'm 26, and I have been an addict for a few months :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_young5 Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 42, been using a Leica M6 for a month now. I waited too long, but sure enjoying it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bas1 Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 39 and Leica user for 4 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morocco Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 34. using m6ttl/summicron35asph for nearly 1 year. previously used canon ae1, then t90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic_. Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Most people cannot afford Leica's at a young age unless they get money from their parents. There are just too many other priorities. How many here who are in their 20's bought Leica's with their *own* money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_meeker Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 54 and have been using M's for 21 years. Regards, Frank M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_reuter Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 48 and a Leica user for 32 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Forty years ago when I was getting started Leica cameras were where manual focus film SLRs are today. People were eager to get a Nikon F or a Pentax H3 (S3 outside the USA) or Canonflex and nobody wanted a five year old Leica IIIf. Even collectors, and they did exist, concentrated on esoterica like the 90mm f/2.2 Thambar or Leicas with no focal plane shutter; the 50mm Elmar had a Compur shutter. You could buy a perfectly functional III-A body in New York (or through mail order ads in the photo mags) for $29.50, a III-C would cost $36.50, and the recently discontinued III-f at $89.50. Used Leicavits? Twenty-five bucks! Another $89.50 would buy you a brand new 35/1.8 Nikkor and $12.50 for the better-than-Leitz 35mm bright line finder. Nikon dumped all their LTM lenses for CHEAP! Now it's film SLRs turn, but Leicas essentially have no competion. Pros NEVER completely abandoned having a nice quiet body for using fast wide angles in low light. Prices might dip a bit or level off for awhile but I don't forsee a major crash. Like the stock pickers say on CNBC: "Buy on the dips". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_m__toronto_ Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 vic, i purchased leica/nikon with my own money. when i was 16, i purhcased a martin herring bone dreadnaught acoustic guitar. not cheap. on the other hand, i did not own a car nor did i wear designer clothes. priorities you said, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert_smith Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I'm 46 now. I bought my first Leica in 1989 at the age of 31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_dunlap Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Just turned 30. Bought my first Leica when I was 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald_widen Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I'm 56 years old and have been using Leica cameras and lenses for over 35 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_m__toronto_ Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 .-. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_photography Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Got my Bessa R when I was 19 and the M3 when I was 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted_kozak Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I'm 521/2 and got my first M3 last Sept. Olympuses before, mainly OM4s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leica ron Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 36 years old, shooting M6 classic for a year or so. It took a Leica for me to go back to 35mm, been shooting medium and large format for three years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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