Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/28

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To: "leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Subject: Fwd: Re: 135mm f/4.0 Tele-Elmar-M
From: Jack Hamilton <Jack.Hamilton@internetMCI.COM>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 14:29:12 -0500

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> Date: Thursday, 28-Mar-96 02:26 PM
> 
> From: Jack Hamilton            \ Internet:    (jackham@execpc.com)
> To:   joe b.                   \ Internet:    (joe@azurite.demon.co.uk)
> 
> Subject: Re: 135mm f/4.0 Tele-Elmar-M
> 
> <with even the Nikon f-4 cameras, I'd be concerned that they would run
out of
> parts in ten years...>
> 
> Joe, if it's any consolation---
> 
> An f-4 nikon that gets a lot of use for ten years will probably be a
candidate
> for the junk heap.  With all their "slop" and plastic...they are probably
lucky
> to last five years.
> 
> My friends at the Milwaukee Journal, who still use Nikons, tell me that
they
> are lucky to have them last three years.
> 
> So having parts for Nikon f-4's in ten years is a moot point...unless you
are a
> collector or minimal user...and as such, you will probably never need
spare
> parts.
> 
> Now, when I started at the Milwaukee Journal, in the early 1960's, my
company
> issue was Leica: an m-2 and an m-3 with 35, 50 and 90 summicrons and then
a 135
> screw-mount Nikkor lens with an "m" adapter ring.
> 
> I also had a 25mm Canon f3.5, with an adapter ring for the Leica M
series.
> 
> It was one of the sharpest lenses I"ve seen...and I probably used it 50%
of the
> time. The 60's were the times when you "made" photos, rather than "take"
them.
> SO a wide-angle viewpoint could be terribly important.
> 
> At any rate, after ten years there I left to free-lance (which I am still
> doing) I was able to take my Leicas with me...if I had been given Nikons 
(some
> of the guys did use the Nikon SP's then...and they fell apart literally
after
> five or so years...).
> 
> So, another quality of Leica is certainly longevity...
> 
> Viva Leica!!!
> 
> (Please excuse my "ethnic" closing note.)
> 
> Cordially,
> Jack Hamilton
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
>  
> e-mail: jack.hamilton@internetMCI.com

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