Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]-- [ From: Jack Hamilton * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] -- ------- FORWARD, Original message follows ------- > Date: Thursday, 28-Mar-96 02:26 PM > > From: Jack Hamilton \ Internet: (jackham@execpc.com) > To: joe b. \ Internet: (joe@azurite.demon.co.uk) > > Subject: Re: 135mm f/4.0 Tele-Elmar-M > > <with even the Nikon f-4 cameras, I'd be concerned that they would run out of > parts in ten years...> > > Joe, if it's any consolation--- > > An f-4 nikon that gets a lot of use for ten years will probably be a candidate > for the junk heap. With all their "slop" and plastic...they are probably lucky > to last five years. > > My friends at the Milwaukee Journal, who still use Nikons, tell me that they > are lucky to have them last three years. > > So having parts for Nikon f-4's in ten years is a moot point...unless you are a > collector or minimal user...and as such, you will probably never need spare > parts. > > Now, when I started at the Milwaukee Journal, in the early 1960's, my company > issue was Leica: an m-2 and an m-3 with 35, 50 and 90 summicrons and then a 135 > screw-mount Nikkor lens with an "m" adapter ring. > > I also had a 25mm Canon f3.5, with an adapter ring for the Leica M series. > > It was one of the sharpest lenses I"ve seen...and I probably used it 50% of the > time. The 60's were the times when you "made" photos, rather than "take" them. > SO a wide-angle viewpoint could be terribly important. > > At any rate, after ten years there I left to free-lance (which I am still > doing) I was able to take my Leicas with me...if I had been given Nikons (some > of the guys did use the Nikon SP's then...and they fell apart literally after > five or so years...). > > So, another quality of Leica is certainly longevity... > > Viva Leica!!! > > (Please excuse my "ethnic" closing note.) > > Cordially, > Jack Hamilton > Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA > > e-mail: jack.hamilton@internetMCI.com ------- FORWARD, End of original message -------