david_killick9 Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Not how long have you used Leica, but how long have you owned the same camera? And not just owned, but used? I am a relative newcomer, having only become smitten in the last few years - trouble is, I have kept swapping. Why? Does this make me bad? Do others have the same trouble? I am curious to know what is the longest time users of this forum have been faithful to a single camera. What keeps you satisfied? What would tempt you to change? Are people just too fickle these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_kastner Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Not long enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark-j Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Leica #1, 29 years, 8 months, 19 days, and still going. Leica #2, 28 + years. Wife #1, 24 + years, and still going. Kids, still going. Fickle? Polygamy is allowed on cameras, not wives. ;>) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_kelly1 Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Bought my current M3, my second, in 1968. So 35 years.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard baznik Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Leica #1 (IIf), 49 years Leica #2 (M3), 10 years Leica #3 (M6), 6 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david k. Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Bought my first Leica gear in the early seventies, thought it was great stuff, but bang for the buck, and versitility for semi-pro work had me change to Canon. Never really liked the way Canon glass did colour work, so ended up switching to Nikon as a compromise. 10 years ago moved back to Leica for the really good glass and the smooth handling bodies, now I have 2 M6's that are with me for life, and an R system that is as good as anything out there. I guess we will see what happens with digital. So 30 years off and on, - trying other gear is fine if you learn from it. I have learnt that Leica M is a unique product, the Leica R is excellent equipment, and Leica glass is simply the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramy_sadek Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 I've had my 6.2 since last april. Almost a year now. Looking to at an M6 soon, except for the whole money thing. -ramy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn_warren Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Five months & 1 day; loving every minute of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_shively Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 I bought my first Leica in 1984. I sold it about five years later. I bought my current Leica in November. I hope to keep this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug herr Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 I bought my first SL & 400mm Telyt in August 1980. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_r._fulton_jr. Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 M2 #1 since 1966; M2 #2 1967; M4 (blk chrome) new 1976,77?; M6 new 1988; M6 ttl new June/02 I bought my first M2 at age 18 with money I saved while working in a portrait studio one summer. (The first time you loak 100 feet of 70mm film on a huge Nikkor reel you perspire a bit). One of these days I'll post a formal portrait of me at 18 with my M2, Leicavit, 21 f4 SA. (Hint: I look like I'm 12 in the photograph). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_sampson Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 M3- 4/78. Now it's semi-retired. It was in regular use until 4/02 when it was supplemented by an M6ttl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 I've got an M2 button rewind I bought used in 1971 and an M2-R I bought sometime around then when they were originally issued. Last year I sold a beat to hell M3 that I bought used in 1969 because I'd picked up a like new M3 at an estate sale for a fraction of what I sold the other for on eBay. Most of my lenses I've had over 30 years. Same for the Visoflex IIs and 65 Elmar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor_randin Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 The Leica III (blk) since 1963, still in use with me....but third wife :8( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario_mazariegos Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 I have only owned my m6ttl for over a year now and hope to own it for life. Never will sell, maybe one of my daughters will like photography one day. Love my camera. Regards, Mario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher_a._junker Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 First used my dad's Leica Standard in 1960.21st birthday present was a IIIg with f2.8 50mm Elmar. 36 years/6 months and 22 days ago. Lens and body CLA'd 2 years ago. Still have, still use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay_. Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 IIIa and IIIf: 1967. M4: 1971. M7's: 8 months. I've had a couple M2's, an M4-2, 4 M6's and an M6TTL over the years that I sold. Lenses, I've got the same set of 35-50-90-135 LTM's since '67 and a 35-50-90 from '71 I got with the M4 but again there've been many others bought and sold over the years. As far as use goes, of course the M7's and current lenses get used way more than the older ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor_osatuke Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 My M6 ttl #1 one year and 22 days. #2 approximately negative 3 days - it will hopefully be shipped today. #3 Ooops, sorry I do not have #3, just day dreaming. What's that wet..? Oh damn it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert_keuken2 Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 My M6 Classic 1780xxx since june (or was it july?) 1992 and still going strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_l._doolittle Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 My dad bought an M3 in 1956, at my suggestion. I was a teenager at the time. He had no photographic aptitude so he gave me the camera in 1957, so I'm going on 56 years with the M3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_pfile Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 M3 #984,967. February 1960 Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_marvin Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 IIIa, bought used in 1960 for $25; IIIf, 1999, quite a bit more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 It seems that the forum is pretty much divided into two camps. Those of us who just keep using and using the same ancient stuff, and occasionally buy a "new" 30 year old lens. Those of us that always lust after the newest body and "improved" lens, discarding it as soon as something newer comes along, and probably make up the majority of those who are eagerly awaiting "The Digital M"! Leica's survival is dependant on the second group because the first group doesn't buy any cameras directly. From the standpoint of a viable business model, it's amazing that Leica can hang on in the world's market. The new business model is to come out with completely new and updated stuff every few months, make it more costly to repair than to replace, and have a dsigned useful life of a few years at most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_marvin Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Quite true. I guess no camera company will make any $$ off of me. My most "modern" camera (and my first ever SLR) is a Pentacon 6 TL, c. early '80s The screw-mount Leicas anc a c. 1956 Rollei 2.8E are what I use most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 2 M7s...less than a year. 3 M 6 TTLs...a little over a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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