Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Bob, so sorry... can I have a full text e-mail copy of this "Leica Mistique " ? I know U guys were talking about this earlier... I missed it..... Hope its not too much of a bother to U. Many thanks in advance... TMLee , Singapore >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 > >