Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:04 12.03.1998 -0800, Dale R. Reed wrote: >Alfred Breull wrote: ><snip> plastic in the M6. <snip> > >I must have missed something here. What do you guys have against >plastic? Dale, a total of four words out of a reply ... ok, another aspect: The view of functionalism is not the only standpoint - there are also many traditional and irrational aspects, which do have a very personal and signifcant meaning. These aspects - beliefs, attitudes, and persuasions, not to speak of emotions - are strongly related to "the" Leica, the one that's reliable, the one you can trust, the one that never let's you down, no matter what. It's something like a beloved old melody, whose harmony you feel inside. All single aspects are important in this harmony, and you guess correct, I'm not exactly a friend of re-interpretations or covers (?, word). They feel diffrent - it's not the same anymore. We all have our little merrits, don't we ? If I'd want a plastic camera I'd buy one. And to reply to your next argument, before you ask: I'd prefer any Leica from IIIf to M5 to a CD Leica, even if she had an Apo-Super-Macro-Giga-lens. I'd use her as a new tool, probably, but I'd prefer the others. They feel solid, they can be trusted. But, I admit, that an M6-0.85 with the 40+ years reliability (maybe as the new type Leica/ Solms warranty) and the "release button feeling" of an M2 would be fine also. :) Alf - -------------------------------------------------- Alfred Breull e-mail: <puma@hannover.sgh-net.de> website: <http://members.aol.com/abreull/index.htm>