Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Single Malt Leicas
From: Dennis Painter <dwp@deltanet.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:35:41 -0800
References: <B6E7DE11.1D20%douglas@dysmedia.com> <3AC2873A.36339848@umich.edu>

A rangefinder (on topic). 6x7 format and not much bigger than an M3. And, the
chromes from the Makina 67 are sure stiff competition. No competition on build
quality though.

Dennis


"Dante A. Stella" wrote:

> I think it would have pretty stiff competition from an old Plaubel Makina 67.
>
> Douglas Cooper wrote:
>
> > On 3/28/01 3:19 PM, Leica Users digest expressed the following:
> >
> > >
> > > As to the Scotch issue...While there are some incredibly pretentious
> > > people who make a big deal out of their Scotch consumption, single malts
> > > are as different from blended Scotch as Cone Piezography prints are from
> > > old inkjet printouts.
> >
> > Or mimeographs.
> >
> > Me, I favor pretense.  As should all Leicaphiles.  Ours is very much a
> > Decadent pursuit (in the sense of Wilde and Beardsley.)  Nothing more
> > pretentious than a vintage Leica -- and I mean that in the best possible
> > sense of the word.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Douglas Cooper
> > http://www.dysmedia.com
> >
> > NO ARCHIVE

Replies: Reply from "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@terra.es> (Re: [Leica] Re: Single Malt Leicas)
In reply to: Message from "Dante A. Stella" <dante@umich.edu> (Re: [Leica] Re: Single Malt Leicas)