Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:31 PM 1/10/96 -0400, you wrote: >Sometimes we forget that, on the time-scale of humanity, the Leica is a >very modern piece of gear. While not an electronic wonder, the precision >and reliability of the Leica has only been available in the 20th century. > In fact, photography is only twice as old as the Leica. The irony is that >it takes 20th century technology to bring us a device which allows us to >escape the quartz-clock for 1/15 of a second and a flick of the wrist. > >In-Reply-To: <199609301540.JAA00533@phobos.frii.com> ><snip> >> and I >> told him I was. He asked me what I use and I told him (he sneered). He >> made >> a remark about Contax being in the twentieth century. My cameras sure >> aren't as shiny and smooth, but I'll stay where I am. >> > >Leica may not be "in the twentieth century", but at least their >rangefinders *work*, which is more than can be said for the G1... > I have heard it said that the Leica will never become obsolete because it already IS obsolete.