Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The insult is compounded by the fact that they chose to illustrate the article by using a picture of the little Minox M3 copy and not a Leica M3! What can you expect from a digital mag ! Marc Mark Rabiner wrote: > Stuff Magazine and ebay.co.uk's top ten gadgets of all time: > http://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/news/Leica_M3_camera_voted_top_gadget_of_al > l_time_news_101105.html > > > Leica M3 > > Apple iPod 3G > > The original Sony Walkman > > The Sony AIBO > > Original Game Boy > > Nintendo Entertainment System > > Sinclair ZX Spectrum > > Psion Series 3 > > Creative DAP Jukebox > > Motorola STARTAC > > > It's a GADGET! Isn't that GREAT! > And plainly does not fit on this list. > As its NOT a gadget. > And what makes it also so bad is these are not people trying to insult us. > They are trying to compliment us. In some way. > > They insult themselves the worst of course. > > I've never heard of a third of these things by the way. > Does that mean I'm no fun? An old fogy? > Can you put tri x in a Sony AIBO? > > What's a Psion Series 3 anyway? Can you make a living off it? Go Pro?! > Does it STOP TIME > Like the Omega 13!! > > Gadgets don't DO anything. > They just make noises and put you into a trance. > A Leica M3 is an elegant tool to communicate and create beauty. > > > Mark Rabiner > New York, NY > 40?47'59.79"N > 73?57'32.37"W > > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information