[Leica] R3 owners....

[philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)]

Did you get the Summi that went with it?

OTT: Unless you use a TTL flash on the R8 or intend to shoot over  
1/1000 the R3 will produce the same pictures, so your money is  
definitely not lost.
I sold my R8 before the R3MOT. I now only keep an R4, out of laziness  
or nostalgia? This I can't tell.

Happy shooting.
Philippe

Le 14 janv. 13 ? 23:43, Gary Benson a ?crit :

> 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
>
>
>
>
>
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> *John McMaster* john at mcmaster.co.nz
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> *Mon Jan 14 13:10:58 PST 2013*
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>
> 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
>
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] R3 owners....
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>
>
> I'd never heard the guys name it as the past few days.
>
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