Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Check out Tom's cool purple Leica M4. - --- Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote: > At 9:20 AM -0400 8/31/01, B. D. Colen wrote: > >With all due respect, Henning - and a great deal is > due :-), I don't > >really find this anywhere as tacky as the Leica > special editions. No one > >in his or her right mind is attempting to do > "stealth" work with a > >Hasselblad. In fact, I would bet that most > Hasselblads that are not > >owned by dentists are used either in the studio, or > are used to do what > >might be termed "studio work on location." Much of > that work is fashion > >photography, and product shooting that calls for a > "stylist's" > >involvement. That being the case, a "jazzy" colored > camera makes some > >sense - if you can't hide it, flaunt it. > > > >The commemorative Leicas, on the other hand - the > LHSA black being a > >partial exception - are designed for one thing and > one thing only - for > >the owner to be able to say, look at me! I'm rich! > I know there are > >people who will disagree with that statement, and > have all sorts of > >rationale regarding collectibility, etc. etc. But > in terms of > >collectibility, the commemorative Leicas are really > nothing more than > >VERY expensive Franklin Mint Elvis plates. At least > that's my never > >humble opinion. > > > >B. D. > > > >Henning Wulff wrote: > >> > >> At 1:47 AM -0400 8/31/01, DBaker9128@aol.com > wrote: > >> >Gosh, the colors are just so fun and they make > the cameras look great! Why > >> >can't Leica do this on their regular production > M6's? We at the > >>LUG could ask > >> >Solms pretty please! I like Cobalt Blue the > best! How about you? :-) > >> > > >> > >http://www.hasselblad.com/press/detail.cgi?new/998991521.txt > >> > > >> >Doug from Tumwater > >> > >> Suddenly a lot of the special edition Leicas > don't seem as tacky. > >> > > > Whatever happened to that 'fade into the > background' concept? > > > > > You're quite right, B.D. Anything to do with fashion > has its own > rules. Also, the 'Bruckner' blue M6 is not so easily > dislodged from > the pinnacle of tackiness. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com