Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 8/8/00 10:45 PM, Miro Jurcevic at miroj@ozemail.com.au wrote: > BTW: Why would any person have 9 M's. Is that one focal length each, or is > it one ASA each. You may need 81 M's to cover your bases. Don't know if you are referring to me but I have and use 9 Ms, usually one or two at a time but sometimes I carry four on a job if necessary. One reason I have so many is that I live in China where even a rush job to get a camera fixed involves pigeoning the camera to Hong Kong and getting it sent from there to Solms, sending a series of begging faxes and emails to the CEO and waiting at least two months (at least that is what the last one took) after which I then have to find some kind soul to handcarry the camera back to me in Beijing. If I have to fly to Hong Kong that costs me another $750 for each return flight. I have a lot of lenses too for much the same reason: one lens I dropped whilst covering a demo took over 6 months to be fixed in Solms... When my EOS cameras or lenses need fixing it is usually done on the spot here in Beijing or at most 12 hours. Likewise Nikon - got my Coolscan fixed in a day last week at no charge either. And yet I keep using Leicas despite all the hassle! The main reasons are that I like using them and I prefer the results Bests Adrian - -- Adrian Bradshaw Corporate and Editorial Photography Beijing, China tel/fax +86 10 6532 5112 mobile +86 139 108 22292 e-mail apbbeijing@yahoo.com OR adrianpeterbradshaw@compuserve.com Please note my new mobile number (as of August 1st) _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com