Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm with Jim on this. I've received little comment re Leica use, either from photographers or the general public. Actually, I got more comments when using OM equipment. And, I don't give a damn if people think my kit is "elitist," stodgey, codger-gear, or whatever. Sincerely, Joe Stephenson - -----Original Message----- From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Sunday, January 24, 1999 1:40 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica stigma >I don't believe what you said below. I'm a recent Leica user (1970's when >the CL & R3 came out). I got more flak from using Alpa's throughout the >60's than I ever received from using Leica from the 70's until now. As a >matter of fact, I've never been looked at differently because I use Leica. >Over the years, I've attended numerous workshops (Art Wolfe, Pat Ohara, >Freeman Patterson, Rod Planck) and I was always the only Leica there. I >never got nutty questions. The extent of the questions were "how do you >like your Leica?" or "does Leica make a lens in xxx focal length?" Always >just camera comradery and interest. > >Jim > >At 12:19 PM 1/24/99 -0600, you wrote: >>Don't know where in the hell you got that information....among >>non-photographers, Leica is unknown (exc. oldsters)...among >>photographers it is known as an EXTREMELY elitist product... >>(the BEST or a useless status symbol depending on the person's >>viewpoint)...but never "just another product"......you either >>get praise or contempt for owning/using Leica from other >>photographers, depending on the status of the bug up their ass >>that day..... >> >>Walt >> > >