Wow. You had a 3G? The German civilian who ran the photo lab on base
when I was in the Army had one. He is the one who dragged me down to
his friend who had a Leica dealership and talked him into giving me
an illegal cut price on my M3. The 3G was gone by that point. Theydid
not have a long run before the M3 came out. By the the time I was out
of the service and looked around for a 3G collectors had already bid
them up I could not find one I could afford. It virtually disappeared
from the US when the Japanese collectors got into the game.
Congrats on the D80. I think you will like it and the glass.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Sep 6, 2006, at 11:58 PM, Gordon Ross wrote:
>
> Thanks for the links. Today I laid down the cash for a D80 and the
> 17-55
> F2.8 - I will add the 10.5 fisheye and the 70-300 VR 2.8 as soon as
> modesty
> dictates that I spend more money. I had a good hands on this
> morning and
> think that the $ on the 17-55 were justified. So there it is, am I
> the last
> on the list to get a digi?
> Some irony that it turned out to be a Ni*on, as my first SLR was a
> black
> Ni**ormat FT2 I bought new in 1975. I loved that camera, it along
> with a
> Lei*a 3G and my OM 4 are the 3 cameras that really stand out as my
> favorites. Zuikos, by far and away remain my favorite glass.
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