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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Single Malt Leicas
From: "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 08:51:27 +0200
References: <B6E7DE11.1D20%douglas@dysmedia.com> <3AC2873A.36339848@umich.edu> <3AC2C9AC.F1AF08A7@deltanet.com>

Didn't martin Parr use a couple of these for his colour work?

Julian
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Painter" <dwp@deltanet.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Single Malt Leicas


> 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
>
>

In reply to: Message from "Dante A. Stella" <dante@umich.edu> (Re: [Leica] Re: Single Malt Leicas)
Message from Dennis Painter <dwp@deltanet.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: Single Malt Leicas)