Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]People buy and play Steinways because they are excellent in lots of ways. They have not folded either for lack of innovation have they? best simon jessurun ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 3:03 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Zeiss Ikon > Why would we go crying if Leica, which has become a boutique, rather > than a serious camera company, eventually goes belly up, Emanuel. I, for > one, own no stock in the company. And as many have pointed out, there > are enough M6s and M7s out there - along with lenses - to take care of > us, our children and our children's children, particularly as the number > of people who will want to shoot film will be getting smaller with every > passing year. > > And while the MP maybe beautifully made, to call it one of the finest > photo making tools ever made when it has that ludicrous retro rewind > knob is to turn out Leica promotional copy, not to engage in rational > discussion. > > Further, I know what drugs I'm taking at the moment, but I have to > wonder what you're using that you would write something as offensive as > this: > "What is astonishing to me is how such numbers of > previously professed Leica users are rushing like > fools towards the alleged pleasures of digital > masturbation, like a bunch of 12-year-old schooboys" > > Because, Emanuel, those you describe as 12-year-old schoolboys engaged > in the "alleged pleasures of digital masturbation" include not only many > of the most experienced, most dedicated Leica users on this list, but > most of the world's leading photographers. > > Yes, the day of the M is, sadly, coming to an end. Resale prices have > been dropping line stones in the St. Lawrence for at least 18 months > now. The end is neigh. But that doesn't mean that most people on this > list, and many 10s of thousands of others won't keep shooting with their > Leicas and getting great enjoyment and fulfillment out of doing so. And > that is, after all, what all of this is about - isn't it? ;-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Emanuel Lowi > Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 8:30 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] Re: Zeiss Ikon > > > Jeffery Smith wrote: > > > > > Maybe it will get them....moving (on something other > > than designer > > cameras.) > > > > There's no way anybody can call the M7 or the MP > designer cameras. They are in my opinion the best > Leicas ever made and therefore among the finest > photo-making tools ever. > > How many of you have used either long enough to > discover that truth? > > What is astonishing to me is how such numbers of > previously professed Leica users are rushing like > fools towards the alleged pleasures of digital > masturbation, like a bunch of 12-year-old schooboys. > > And wasn't it here that we've read for years about how > nobody likes red dots, wants black paint or vulcanite > or fewer framelines or less plastic or the old classy engraving? So here > you got it with "a la carte," as the icing on the cakes of two wonderful > M cameras, and now there's nothing but sneering here about "designer > cameras" ? > > So keep pushing and pulling on the sticky knobs and > buttons attached to those battery-swallowing LCD > screens. Just don't go crying when Leica withers for > no good reason other than the need of so many to wank > around with the latest mod con. > > Emanuel Lowi > Montreal > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >