Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mxsmanic wrote: > > Actually, I got a Leica because I was tired of hearing the hyperbole on both > sides of the fence concerning the cameras. One camp paints them as war-surplus > tin cans or impractical, overpriced jewelry, and the other camp paints them as > God's gift to the photographic art and science. I figured the reality was > somewhere in between, and I wanted to find out where. > > Since Leicas have good resale value, I figured that, at worst, if Leica turned > out to be as bad as the naysayers said it was, I could just resell it and take > only a small loss. However, half an hour after buying my Leica M6 and > Summicron-M 35, I knew that I would never be selling this camera. The rest is > history. > You sure seem like a hard core Nikon guy based on looking at your site where you have a shot of a Nikon with a big lens with tulip hood used as an icon on the top of the intro page of many of your gallerys. Looks like a Nikon sponsored site. Why don't you throw up a shot of an M6 like many of us have on our sites? In kind of a Yin yang arrangement perhaps? Or the scales of justice? Mark (peer group preusre fights for you) Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/