[Leica] Do you remember why you joined the LUG? - Peter K

[leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)]

Peter, I know that by May 13 2001, you were at the SLUGfest in Magnolia; 
I have a photo of you with Mark Davison & R.P. Johnson but you don't 
have a camera in hand. I'll try to get it scanned.

Jay


On 10/15/2014 5:23 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
> I believe I've been here since the year 2000. I'd been shooting with a 
> IIIf, and was hoping to get back into the M system after many years 
> absence. I came for information about what older lenses were still viable. 
> I stayed for the photography and the great group of people I met.
>
> Rangefinder photography is both a way of seeing and a way of being. That 
> way has been tied up with Leica for nearly a century. The lenses are 
> superb, the form factor works beautifully. You know what you've focused 
> on, and you can see what you shot while you shoot it. I really don't care 
> about the bling oriented marketing, and I do wish that the prices hadn't 
> gone stupid bleeping crazy. Fortunately, there is the used market, and 
> keeping the things you buy for a long time.
>
> Like many, I've worked with other cameras as well. Like the famous Kyle 
> Cassidy, I learned digital playing with an early Nikon COOLPIX. In recent 
> years, some shoulder and eye problems made micro 4/3 cameras the line of 
> least resistance. There's nothing to apologize for ? they are versatile 
> little beasties, and the lenses, especially the primes, are pretty darn 
> good.
>
> But there's nothing quite like a Leica.  As you can see from my other 
> thread today, I'm coming back to my ancient M8 that the glitterati don't 
> take seriously anymore. And, there's the possibility that I will do 
> something (financially) stupid bleeping crazy in the foreseeable future. 
> After all, an M 240 or a Monochrom is less expensive than a little red 
> sports car. :-)
>
> --Peter, dictating to my iPad
> (If it misconstrues, please excuse)