Re: [Leica] I got it!!!

["Gerry Walden" <gerrywalden@cwcom.net>]

Now you are in serious trouble.   Soon you will be begging on the streets
with a sign saying 'Wife, children and Leica to support'!   Congratulations,
hope you enjoy as much as I do.

Gerry


- ----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Honemann <ddh@home.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: 21 April 2000 03:54
Subject: [Leica] I got it!!!


> Well, I am now the proud owner of a brand new, silver chrome .72x M6 TTL,
> and a black 50/2 Summicron.  I went to a store in DC (Penn Camera) that
had
> both the .85 and .72 versions in stock, and so was able to compare them
side
> by side.  The 35 mm lines on the high mag. finder were simply impossible
for
> me to see (as an eyeglass wearer), while the 90 mm lines on the .72 seemed
> perfectly adequate, so I went with the latter.
>
> I had intended to wait and order the camera from a local store here in
> Baltimore, but once you hold it in your hands and it's available then and
> there, it's impossible to wait.
>
> The irony is that I've been so swamped with work that I have yet to even
> take the camera out of the box. :(  I'll finally be able to get to that
> tomorrow night.  I plan to spend the better part of the weekend shooting.
>
> Many thanks to all who helped me make the many difficult decisions that
went
> into this purchase.  I feel great about it, and am eager to finally start
> taking photographs now that I can put the equipment decisions behind me
(at
> least for the time being).  Your advice was extremely helpful to me.  This
> is a wonderful resource.
>
> A new and ecstatic M6 owner,
> Dan
>