Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_01BD88CE.CB8D0860 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jim Brick wrote: "It's not so much that people cannot buy Leica equipment, it's that they don't know why they should have Leica equipment. " As I happily sauntered into my local camera store to look at a new/used Nikon lens it the window, the shop owner who'd known me for a while stopped me and "plunked" a R4 and a new 35 summicron in my hands. He said to me that before he would let me spend any more money, I needed to 'experience' a Leica. I had known for a while that he was a Leica man, but I thought Leica equipment to be for people who don't know what to do with their money. Being the curious type that I am I decided to take him up on the offer to shoot a roll. I did and to this day I thank that man. I, like Mr. Brick pointed out, had never known why I should own a Leica. That was a little over a year ago and since that time I've lent out that same R4 and summicron and converted two others (out of two). Leica has maintained the magical feel of taking a photo - something lacking in many other high end systems. James P.S. I suppose I'm one of the pups of this group at 28. - ------=_NextPart_000_01BD88CE.CB8D0860 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><BODY bgcolor=3D"#C8E0D8"><p><font size=3D3 = color=3D"#000000" face=3D"MS Sans Serif">Jim Brick wrote:<br><br> = "It's not so much that people cannot buy Leica equipment, it's that = they don't know<br>why they should have Leica equipment. = "<br><br>As I happily sauntered into my local camera store to look = at a new/used Nikon lens it the window, the shop owner who'd known me = for a while stopped me and "plunked" a R4 and a new 35 = summicron in my hands. He said to me that before he would let me = spend any more money, I needed to 'experience' a Leica. I had = known for a while that he was a Leica man, but I thought Leica equipment = to be for people who don't know what to do with their money. Being = the curious type that I am I decided to take him up on the offer to = shoot a roll. I did and to this day I thank that man. I, = like Mr. Brick pointed out, had never known why I should own a = Leica.<br><br>That was a little over a year ago and since that time I've = lent out that same R4 and summicron and converted two others (out of = two). Leica has maintained the magical feel of taking a photo - = something lacking in many other high end systems. = <br><br><br><br>James<br><br><br>P.S. I suppose I'm one of the = pups of this group at 28.<br><br></p> </font></body></html> - ------=_NextPart_000_01BD88CE.CB8D0860--