Dear David, There are however non-classic Leicas (digital) and even new film Leicas, and the company is doing rather well. Is this solely down to geriatrics or might there be some younger customers too? Cheers, R.
Hello Roger, One would hope that there are younger users (does that make us sound like junkies?) becoming interested in film and mechanical cameras. Encouragement, education and tutoring. Here's a snifter to the future. a.t.b. D.Lox
Having "stabilised my Leica camera kit I am now looking for the perfect bag! Normally I carry two m bodies, a meter, a couple of rolls of film and a couple of filters. I need something easy to open, easy to carry and does not shout "expensive: steal me!" I think a messenger type case or CSC bag might be the thing: any opinions, experiences out there?
Not fair. My Retina 1B had a superb viewfinder and a damned good lens. Just 'cause someone stuck a Kodak badge on it didn't make it any less a Nagel.
Before it was Kodak AG the company that made Retinas and Retina Reflexes was Nagel-Stuttgart. Herr Doktor Nagel was the guy who invented the preloaded 35mm film cassette.
I knew that (I have an art deco Kodak made at the Nagel werke, ironically bought second-hand by a trainee bomber pilot in Canada), it's why Roger's bought them up in the Leica thread that I don't get. Adrian
Rule 43 states that random interjections must be added to any thread which keeps to the point for more than 12 posts.
Putting a Leica lens on something does not make it a Leica. The Nagel Pupille (c. 1931) used the 50/3.5 Elmar (on a 3x4 cm 127 format), and several larger Nagels used 12 cm and 13.5 cm Elmars. Search engines will produce quite a lot of results. I'm surprised no-one else is familiar with this. Cheers, R.
Continuing with the current digression into the realm of certain oddities, if you carry out at search on Th'Ebay using the term 'witness rangefinder' you'll see that the British Heart Foundation currently has an Ilford Witness for sale! The camera's a bit of a mess - the leatherette's missing, there's corrosion, it's covered in muck and the shutter curtain has come off its rails. At the time of writing the 'buy it now' price is a measly £8,000. Cheers, Jeff
This is all fascinating stuff: I was not fully aware of the Nagel story, but I do sometimes pick a Kodak 66 into my bag along with the Leica kit, so perhaps there is a subconscious connection! Certainly there is room for it in my Hadley camera bag for it along with the other stuff I tend to tote about, but I must get something smaller as my shoulder is beginning to droop1
Ah, that explains it. News to me! I did google the pupille and came up with this page, with a hilarious photo at the bottom: http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Pupille Adrian
Now I am (was) confused. My mother used the word naging (long 'a') to describe something boring and irritating. I thought that a nagel was a bagel with an uncooked inside. After Roger's #26 I now wonder what Frozen and Chilled food has to do with this topic. Although my pupils are a little out of focus. (see also #31 D.Lox
