[Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

I sold it a year ago as I was not going to use it again. It had sat dormant 
for a few years then I got it out to see if I could cope with a non-SLR 
before buying into Leica, now I rarely use a DSLR! 

Back in those days I thought all the stuff about Leica quality was hype (and 
that it was middle-aged jewellery).....

John - middle-aged

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> I was going to get Contax but got glasses instead.
> 
> Sorry couldn't resist.
> 
> Still got your Contax? :)
> 
> 
> 
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photography
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
> 
> >
> > I looked at buying an M6/21/35/90 in 2000, I could afford it but went
> > for a Contax G1/G2/21/35/90 outfit for about 1/3 of the cost (AFAIR)...
> >
> > john
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>
> >> I think there was a leap in price in the past 5 years. I'd love to
> >> see a graph. I bet it spikes upward after the reign of Dr. Andreas
> >> Kaufmann as instituted.
> >> Not that I'm not all for the guy. But I'm glad I did my Leica buying
> >> just post ASPH a dozen years go at the turn of the millennium when we
> >> were all bight eyed and bushy tailed.
> >>
> >> http://www.fdtimes.com/2011/10/19/interview-with-dr-andreas-
> >> kaufmann/
> >> Or
> >> http://tinyurl.com/6mn35wv
> >>
> >> Mark William Rabiner
> >> Photography
> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >>> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 00:49:10 +0000
> >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use
> >>>
> >>> If, starting from scratch, you cannot afford a full frame digital
> >>> Leica body then I doubt you will be able to afford many Leica lenses
> >>> from the past quarter century.....
> >>>
> >>> john
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>
> >>>> If Leica glass is the clincher,  it also shows that the first other
> >>>> brand to turn up with a full-frame digital camera (maybe even
> >>>> exclusively) for M-mount Leica lenses (like the Voigtl?nder Bessa
> >>>> and Zeiss Ikon cameras for film) is going to make a killing if they
> >>>> have prices much lower than what Leica demands and acceptable build
> >>>> quality.
> >>>>
> >>>> Even at "M-system entry level", Leica prices most potential users
> >>>> out of the market from the word go.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers
> >>>> Douglas
> >>>>
> >>>> On 30.11.2012 20:47, Frank Filippone wrote:
> >>>>> Forget all the stories about reliability, as we still use the
> >>>>> Digi-M because it uses Leica Glass.  And, as amateurs, we can
> >>>>> tolerate the reliability problems....
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It only shows that you need a backup camera.  If you use N or C
> >>>>> cameras, a backup, even a lower model or older model,  can be
> >>>>> bought in most countries, and even if you do pay more than you
> >>>>> want or buy a film camera, it will be cheap, relative to what it
> >>>>> would cost in an emergency to buy a new M9 in some Podunk
> >>>>> location, if possible at
> >> all.
> >>>>> And therein the problem for us Leica fans.. we MUST bring a backup
> >>>>> camera with us....  Mine is an M6TTL.  I carry 4-6 rolls of film
> >>>>> and figure I can always buy some form of C41 film or even B+W no
> >>>>> matter
> >>>> where in the world I am.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The backup stays in my luggage for the trip.  Not in the camera bag.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Frank Filippone
> >>>>> Red735i at verizon.net
> >>>>>