[Leica] B&W LEICA???????????

[rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)]

Yup! Ted gives direct testimony as to why there are more horses asses in
this world than horses!
Way to go Ted!!

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Sue Ryan <scoutfinch at chartermi.net> 
wrote:

> Love it!
>
> What makes it perfect is that not only did he have no clue what he was
> talking about, he also had no clue who he was talking to. It's hard to get
> a twofer making an ass of one's self, but maybe he is just gifted.
>
> Sue
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 14, 2013, at 9:52 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
>
> > Classic!  Too bad he didn't have a clue! ;)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Gene
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: tedgrant at shaw.ca
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:25:00 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> > Subject: [Leica] B&W LEICA???????????
> >
> > As I stopped to make a HAPPY SNAP.
> >
> > The voice out of the gray cloudy light of day asked:
> >
> > "Hey man is that one of those fancy new Leicas that cost $12 Grand and
> "IT CAN ONLY DO B&W FOR THAT KINDA MONEY?"?
> >
> > I figured by the snotty put down tone of voice it was a jerk asking!" :-)
> >
> > I responded in a light hearted fashion.... "Yes my good fellow it
> certainly is and does a magical job capturing amazing images in beautiful
> B&W!"
> >
> > He?..... "What a pile of crap ! Man I can get 2 Canons and a couple of
> lenses for 12 Grand and do colour and B&W. You got screwed man!" And made
> an ugly face you'd like to put a boot to! Or you'd have loved to rip his
> larynx out just to rid the world of the snotty nosed voice inflections!
> >
> > Say's I? "Would you care to see a frame or two?" As I put the camera to
> my one good eye and clicked.
> >
> > Then did a quick set to show a B&W beautiful image. :-) Dang I knew I
> had this snotty nosed SOB and I was going to stuff him because as I brought
> up the image he said....... "I bet it isn't as good as shooting B&W film
> and I know all about that as I've been shooting B&W film for 4 years nearly
> every day and my "friends" tell me I take really good pictures !" Me in my
> mind....  "Yep I bet you do!" Gagg ed and nearly barfed!
> >
> > So yep there was my shot looking all nice B&W! A shrug of his shoulders
> and "UGH not bad! But for 12 Grand I'll still get 2 Canon's just in case I
> want to shoot colour. Besides it looks like one of those old time cameras!.
> "YEP!" says I as I walked away and tucked my Digilux 2 shooting B&W back in
> the bag! :-) "gottcha!!" And smiled!
> >
> > And smiled to myself again thinking....... "the LUG guys &gals are going
> to love this "Leica spotting story! " Jeeeeeeeeeeesshhhhhh it can make a
> guy feel so good when yer not having a good shoot day and you get away with
> a little something like that! :-)
> >
> > cheers,
> > Dr. ted.
> >
> >
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Bob Adler