[Leica] Stored Leicas "A CRIME!" :-)

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

David Ching OFFERED:
Subject: [Leica] Stored Leicas

Hello David, new lad on the block I believe? A very warm welcome, glad to 
have you aboard! :-)

You said:
> Shall share my Leica philosophy for those interested. (Otherwise please 
> stop reading):<<<<<

But there is another option? ;-) Leave the philosophy until it's discussed 
sitting about in a group sharing a beer or better still? ......... A 
wonderful single malt Scotch! :-)

Aaahhhh YES! There's philosophy! And there's true life out in the cold cruel 
world "EXPERIENCE!"

Where the philosophy is meaningless and the experience of using is a 
completely different story! :-)
"And never the twain shall meet!" That's why you require a beer or Single 
Malt to temper the philosophical discussion! See how easy it is when carried 
out under the "proper conditions?" :-)

> 1. Acquire Leica glass as a anti-inflation measure. Use them in safe 
> places only. Why?
> - Had a pristine Super Angulon M 21mm nicked from my pocket in a crowded 
> bus outside Gare du Nord, Paris last March. Bought it a year before. 
> Checked on the Internet and found that its price rose about 15% since 
> then.<<<<<<

But then if you had the camera & lens on your shoulder or around your neck 
it wouldn't have happened. In your pocket??????  Heaven's good fellow, what 
a dastardly deed! In a pocket? Shameful!! :-(

ERGO? Your error! So what does that have to do with the price of a 
replacement? Prices always go up in case you hadn't noticed. So what you are 
saying is? "You are a collector, not a "USER taking lots of photos?" Or?

cheers,
Dr. ted :-)





> 1. Acquire Leica glass as a anti-inflation measure. Use them in safe 
> places only. Why?
> - Had a pristine Super Angulon M 21mm nicked from my pocket in a crowded 
> bus outside Gare du Nord, Paris last March. Bought it a year before. 
> Checked on the Internet and found that its price rose about 15% since 
> then.
> 2. Keep Leica digital bodies dry and in cabinets. They are not as robust 
> as the lenses. Nor able to tolerate the torrential rains in the places I 
> frequent. Keep them pristine and hope to sell them to unsuspecting 
> novices. Or collectors.
> 3. Show a complete clean Leica set once awhile amongst a gathering of 
> Leicaphiles. Cool factor.
> Or amongst Nikon and Canon pros. I ain't no pro, you see. Got to be 
> different.
>
> Then again use my D800E for assignments, my Fuji X Pro 1 when I am in the 
> mood and my Leitz Minolta CL when shooting film.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David Ching
>
>
>
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