Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Whatever your attitude to how the gear that you use looks, would > > anybody actually pay more for ugly gear? > > Well...... I can actually see myself pay some more for a camera with > lots of brassing and some dents. - ------ If anyone ever wondered if "the medium is the message," the answer sits above... I realize I'm being insulting, but this is one of the more bizarre things I've ever read on this list...Not liking the way brassing looks, but saying that one would actually pay a premium to get a camera that was beaten up...Jim Marshall's cameras look the way they do because he has beaten the hell out of them over the years TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS...Intentionally buying a particularly "well brassed" camera is akin to purposely buying a 3-year-old car with 100,000 miles on it. Why would you possibly want something that you know has had a tremendous amount of wear? If one is really so interested in having people think that one is a hard working photographer who has dodged bombs and nightsticks, go buy a camera in the best condition you can find and rub the finish off...then you'll have the best of both worlds - a camera you know is mechanically sound, and a way to fool people you want to fool.... SCRATCHING MY HEAD IN ABSOLUTE BEFUDLMENT AND WAITING FOR TED GRANT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS ONE, I REMAIN... DR. BLACKTAPE