RE: [Leica] Re: M3 or M6 - would Dr Blacktape please take a break?

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Stuart
> Phillips
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 1:32 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us;
> leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Re: M3 or M6 - would Dr Blacktape please take a break?
>
>
> Am I the only one who feels that this Dr Blacktape thing is getting old?

Dr. Blacktape Responds:

Perhaps...you are...or Perhaps it's getting old. But then Dr. Blacktape
tends to think that so are many of the threads on this list that go on and
on and on over serial numbers and the relative merits -  which can only be
seen using a tripod, PanGrainless ASA -15 film, and 200x blow-ups - of one
1960s model lens versus the same lens in the early 1970s version - as
opposed to threads discussing using equipment and TAKING PHOTOS.

But that's just Dr. Blacktape's admittedly high-handed opinion, as he fully
understands that there are those on the list who are far more interested in
what he views as techno-trivia than they are in making photographs - and
more power to them. :-)


> Even more so when dishing out high-handed opinions of others. Oh, and for
> the record, if it's a balance between how strongly you want an M3 with the
> inconvenience of a separate meter versus the convenience of an M6,
> especially if you are going to shoot transparencies. In the best of both
> worlds you could have both, but even if you do have enough money,
> maybe you
> want to get another lens.
>
> Stuart Phillips
>
> > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:13:23 -0400
> > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> > Subject: RE: [Leica] keep M3 or get back M6?
> >
> > Dr. Blacktape Responds:
> > Do Not, Repeat Do Not, Sell the M3 - if it is indeed "minty." This is a
> > magnificent camera, and Dr. Blacktape deeply regrets having sold his. If
> you
> > can't manage to pull out a meter once and a while, Dr. Blacktape would
> > suggest you are in deep trouble and should seek help. :-)
> >
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