Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >