Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was wondering if Mark thought it was me??. :-) Seems I may have made a $500 mistake, buying this new R3 Safari Edition, but if so, at least it wasn't a $5k mistake. Thanks for the helpful information about the R3 which many of you have shared. At least I have the R8 and R6.2 to fall back on. I?ve really enjoyed using both of those cameras, with some wonderful Leica glass. I couldn?t afford anything like these cameras for most of my adult life. I use them often enough and feel no guilt in owning them. I?m certainly not into ?trading? cameras from month to month or year to year. Quite the opposite. When I buy a camera or lens, I?m likely to own and use it for many years. This R3 is actually the first camera I?ve bought thru an eBay auction. I prefer purchasing used equipment from KEH. In my experience, they have conservative ratings, fair prices and great service. I don?t feel a need to justify my purchases or level of photographic output to Mark, so I won?t comment further on his point of view. Speaking for myself however, I try to be less judgmental of others, especially of people I don?t know. If anyone would like to see some of my images, I suggest you join the color or B&W print exchanges that Jayanand and I regularly participate in.....or if you are in the LUG 13x19 print exchange, you'll see a couple of my prints very soon. All the best, Gary Benson Eagle River, Alaska * * * * *John McMaster* john at mcmaster.co.nz <lug%40leica-users.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BLeica%5D%20R3%20owners....&In-Reply-To=%3C80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E9A309FA61%40WHIZZMAIL02.whizz.org%3E> *Mon Jan 14 13:10:58 PST 2013* ------------------------------ Mark, read your emails rather than ranting - NOBODY ON THIS LIST BOUGHT A GOLD R3 (recently) 12th Jan 2012 Douglas Barry said 'On the R3 front, is it an investment or more a case of buy some gold paint? http://tinyurl.com/aktl4vw' 14th Jan 2012 Gary Benson said 'I've never had a desire to own a gold Leica, but I did just win the bid for a R3 Safari Edition, supposedly in new condition with all original packaging etc for approximately 1/10th the asking price for that gold Leica.' john ________________________________________ From: lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.nz at leica-users.org <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug> [lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.nz at leica-users.org <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>] on behalf of Mark Rabiner [mark at rabinergroup.com <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>] Sent: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 9:59 a.m. To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] R3 owners.... I'd never heard the guys name it as the past few days.