Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/29

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Subject: [Leica] Just curious
From: pjleeson at mchsi.com (Philip Leeson)
Date: Sat Jul 29 04:40:28 2006
References: <002401c6b2cc$c5b7d6f0$6601a8c0@asus930> <9CC977EC-A509-489C-929B-334F830AC6F0@steveunsworth.co.uk>

It's easy to forget is just how good we Leicaphiles have it.
I still marvel at the ease with which those of us interested it  
obscure pursuits now have a global marketplace.
In the olden days (~7 yrs ago), if you were tired of a camera/lens/ 
amplifier/speaker/etc, you were pretty much stuck with it.
And if you bought a 135mm R lens and found no use for it, you were  
stuck.
Now one can justify "upgrading" as the old stuff has some trading  
value, though I suspect many of us are re-buying our own things back.
Mostly fruitless trips to various camera or stereo stores are a thing  
of the past.
Now, with a few keystrokes, I can find all the 1970's I would ever need.
And what better way to relive one's youth than picking up an old  
Marantz receiver or a set of AR3a's, etc?
Makes the hassles with the postal services seem minor to me.

Phil




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