LTM: FOUND! - My First Leica Photo! (1974).

[jcgoodman]

Does anyone else still retain their very first Leica exposure,

especially if taken quite a few years ago? Here is mine. I was

sitting at a sidewalk cafe with a friend in Collins Street,

Melbourne, Australia, in 1974. He had an old camera which he

showed me, allowing me to take an exposure. Ektachrome 125. I

later learned that the camera was an early Leica II with a

chrome, non-coated Summar lens, used without hood. I was

impressed with the absence of plastic, and the camera's quiet,

solid feel.<div></div>

[yeled]

we should replicate the image now, in 2006.

[robweatherburn]

Hi John - yes, my first Summar image - wide open - 15th second.<div></div>

[robweatherburn]

And first shot with my 1930 Leica I<div></div>

[canfred]

Hi John ,the top end of Collins Street , there used to be a little coffee lounge in that very same building I think.

" The Outpost Inn " Margret Roadnight would perform free, great vocalist she was. The building is gone now and we moved on. This is a great photo

and kept so well too.

[jcgoodman]

Great "Firsts" there, Rob!

[ezio_gallino]

great images... do you feel too that these ols leicas has some sort of magical whan you take them in hands?