| "Good on you" Herschel, as Molly Ivins used to say! But, I hope you're safe. I read that serious storms are approaching Oman!
Roger On 6 Jun 2007, at 10:21 PM, Herschel Mair wrote: I'm 54, but between 1978 and 1986 I was a Leica collector and user. I carried an M3 wherever I went and had quite a number of cameras lenses and other Leica toys. The lenses were so sharp that I had to wear protective gloves. I won't even go into the enlargers and such! Herschel Mair
Head of the Department of Photography, Higher College of Technology
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman Adobe Certified instructor + (986) 99899 673 ----- Original Message ----From: Roger Eichhorn <eichhorn@xxxxxx>To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 6:33:13 AMSubject: Re: Somewhat off topic I thinkAh, nostalgia! So nice, but how old are you! :)
Roger On 6 Jun 2007, at 9:09 PM, Herschel Mair wrote: I remember the cassettes well. I actually used them for a while.. It was a really solid re-usable-forever device made of about 1mm thick solid brass and and coated in a stippled metallic black. They opened when you locked the camera. (No felt and no scratches) There was a special bulk-film loader too. and a template for cutting the tongue Didn't Nikon make them for their rangefinder cameras too? Memories of being a leica enthusiast... The good old Leica hysterical society.
Herschel Mair
Head of the Department of Photography, Higher College of Technology
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman Adobe Certified instructor + (986) 99899 673 ----- Original Message ----From: Bob <w8imo@xxxxxxxx>To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 3:05:25 AMSubject: Re: Somewhat off topic I thinkJames Schenken wrote:> I'm trying to track down the original patent for the film cassette > used in the pre-M series style Leica cameras. My Leica reference > refers to them as> Film Magazine Model A thru Model D, the latest model before the M > series was released.>> A similar cassette was available for Contax cameras as well as for > early model Canon and Nikon camera. The earliest reference in the > patent literature that I can find is a comment within a patent on a > film loading system patented by E. Leitz in 1940 but applied for in > Germany in 1935 ( patent #2205052 )which used the phrase "the film > cassette is of a well known construction ... " The cassette is not > shown in this patent.>> It is functionally different from the Kodak patent for the 35mm film > cassette issued at about this time or a little earlier.>> Hope this is not too far off topic.>How can asking about a photographic item be off topic on a non specific photographic forum?Good luck with your quest.Bob-- ///// ( O O )--------------------oOOO-----O----OOOo-----73 de w8imo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx I plan to live forever. So far so good...........
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