Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/28

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] LUG - Way over my budget...
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sun Sep 28 21:51:55 2008

My main Leica camera is a IIIF. I don't have an M8.
Lots of people on this list use used and or old Leicas.
The fact that there is new stuff coming out and that Leica is a company
doing edgy new things does not need to be looked at as a negative thing.



mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: Jan Decher <alcedo@verizon.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:09:41 -0700 (PDT)
> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] LUG - Way over my budget...
> 
> Hi Folks, 
> I am getting rather overwhelmed by the volume of this list and feel a 
> little
> bit out of place here.  I will definitely not be able to afford an M8 (or 
> DMR,
> or S2 for that matter) for the forseeable future and have a much more 
> analog
> low-budget approach to shooting and owing Leica gear than (it seems) most
> here. 
> Will can fully satisfy the digital needs (mosty for my work as a zoologist)
> with a lowly Canon Rebel Xsi, D50 or G10, but love the feel and timeless 
> image
> quality of a IIIf, M3, M6 or SL2  and the smell of my B&W darkroom (with 
> B22XL
> enlarger). 
>  Is there a Leica list for analog only, classic Leica users, where the 
> newest
> gear is not necessarily the best?
> Thanks, Jan
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information



In reply to: Message from alcedo at verizon.net (Jan Decher) ([Leica] LUG - Way over my budget...)