Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]dlevy@worldy.com writes: >At 08:59 04/10/96 -0700, you wrote: > > >>Leicaphiles have a reputation for being the stodgy, old, well heeled >>grouches of the camera enthusiasts, > >>-- >>Roger Beamon, Naturalist & Photographer >> Docent: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum >> Leica Historical Society Of America >> INTERNET: beamon@primenet.com >> >New question for the group. > >Just how old are we? It is understandable that possibly the average age of a >Leica user or collector is somewhat older than say the Nikon, etc. user for >it takes a higher income or greater assets to acquire a $2,000.00 lens than >a $200.00 lens. Several months ago I asked if at 30 I was the youngest on the list. Turned out there was one person younger but not by much. The list membership has grown considerably and I am feeling a little less like the youngster. :) I'm often refered to by family and friends as grumpy and grouchy, so maybe I fit the bill somehow afterall. :) I would not even begin to be able to afford a Leica if I had not lucked into an M3 at a garage sale. Now the frustrating part is I can't afford anymore lenses. My M3 is from before I was born. I listen to LPs that are older than I am through tube amps that are older than I am. Somehow I feel there must be a connection between the glow of an RCA Living Stereo LP and a Lecia lens. I think I was born at the wrong time. Michael Bell MBell@mail.utexas.edu