Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/21
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Last Saturday was the Teddy Bear Picnic on the amphitheater lawn of the
Civic Center, a great opportunity to work with a venerable lens. The Hektor
73mm was brought back from WW2 by nobody I knew and was a pawn in a divorce
case involving the merest of acquaintances and had been stored in a car
trunk -- a very poor place to keep a lens in Phoenix. Leitz cleaned it up
pretty well and I found an equally venerable finder with the 73mm position.
The negatives look terrific. It's a shame my darkroom equipment is being
stored (in a cool place!).
Lenses should never be abused, but fortunately they can often be saved by
skilled craftsmen. The picnic was a hoot. Had a fine band which worked well
with children, but I think the Elvis impersonator doing just the King's
teddy bear song might have been a little before most of the youngsters. But
a terrific time was had by all. Sure love the IIIf.
Cheers,
WJT
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