Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, LOL! Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: > I just came into this thread (I've been writing all weekend). What's > interesting is that most people really agree about the essentials (Leica > products good, Leica business not so good). Yet we argue and get upset > with each other. Too bad. > > It's also too bad that because Leica is expensive, it seems to promote > class warfare. Again, too bad. For the record, I'm not rich, and I have > an M8. I don't have other things because I bought the M8. No regrets--the > camera matches me and what I do photographically. > > That said, when Tina advised Jayanand to get an M8, I had a sudden vision > of Our Man from India walking up to one of those magnificent tigers with > an M8 and 35 Summicron, saying: "Excuse me, Honored Mr. Tiger, but I'd > like to take a nice close-up of your magnificent face with my superb > optics and anti-alias-free sensor. > > I'd like to go on record advising against this. :-) > > --Peter > > Jayanand wrote: > Mark, > > In my last post, I was talking largely about Leica, the company, and not > > Leica, the product - why does everyone think that those terms are > synonymous > > when they are not? ... (etc.) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >