Re: [Leica] leica vs olympus vs Linhof

["Jeff S" <segawa@netone.com>]

...And a bunch of talented but cash-starved photographers lived very happily
ever after indeed, off of his trail of mint used gear :-)

Money can't buy happiness, but it sure can buy some shiny toys.

Jeff

- -----Original Message-----
From: Ben <ben@teco.net>
To: leica <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 8:26 AM
Subject: [Leica] leica vs olympus vs Linhof


>"Once, in a country, far, far away, there was a man who took
>pictures. He had a good Olympus OM1 camera with a standard lens,
>but he was not satisfied. He looked at pictures taken by other
>photographers, and saw they were better. Much, much better.
>
>So he got himself a Canon EOS 1n with five Canon lenses, and continued
>taking pictures. But he still was not satisfied with the quality of his
>pictures,
>
>So he bought a Nikon F5 with ten Nikkors. He looked at his pictures, and
>said: 'Oh! What a shit!'.
>
>This time, the man took no risk, so he sold his car and bought himself a
>Leica M6 AND a Leica R8, AND all Leitz lenses available. And still they
>stank.
>
>That's it! Said the man. I'm going for it! And he sold his house and got
>himself a Hasselblad with all Carl Zeiss lenses available. He could
>barely walk around anymore, but still the smell coming off his pictures
>could not be ignored.
>
>So he threw the Hasselblad stuff away, and bought a Linhof large format
>camera with a tripod of 300 kilo. The man could not leave his house
>anymore, so he sat all day at home, shitting, and thinking - Why on
>earth did I sell my light-weight Olympus???"
>
>He lived, unhappily, forever after...
>