Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I got bitten by the Leica-bug, I remembered this article- dug it out, re-read it, and promptly went and bought my first Leica; an M4-P. This was only about a year and some months ago. Now I have an M6, 35 non ASPH Summilux, 90 Tele-Elmarit, some Canon screwmounts with adapters (the 50/1,4 is WONDERFUL), and some 'R' lenses for my Canon EOS- BEWARE ALL, THE LEICA-BUG FEEDS FEARSOMELY HARD AND DEEP!!!!! :) Bob Keene >------------------------------ > >Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:43:33 -0700 >From: "Bill Larsen" <ohlen@lightspeed.net> >Subject: Re: [Leica] The Leica Mystique > >Bud, > >Thank you very much for the full text of the Leica Mystique. The 16,000 >characters in the essay are, after the Declaration of Independence, the >Preamble to the Constitution, and the Gettysburg address, one of the best and >most concise and inclusive documents that I have read. He has conveyed the >message contained in all of the books I have read regarding Leica and the >"Leica way of viewing the world." > >I am not sure that I will ever again have anything to add to the LUG regarding >the use of a rangefinder Leica. > >Regards, Bill Larsen >ohlen@lightspeed.net >larsplan@lightspeed.net