Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/30

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Subject: Re: "Atraumatic" leica straps
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 10:12:15 -0500

At 09:17 PM 3/22/97 -0800, Donal Philby wrote:
>Now why would you ever want to eliminate those beautiful marks of use?? 
>My cameras are all scratched up.  Like me, they have been overworked,
>underappreciated, battered, sometimes ignored, often let go beyond
>checkup time.  Really, trust me, the scratches help the camera make
>better pictures!   Well, okay, the reality is that when you get so
>excited with what you are shooting that you don't care what happens to
>the camera, the camera starts shooting better pictures.    I'm sure it
>must be something metaphysical.  
>
>Beautiful, mint Leicas are dead Leicas.
>
>Scratch yours.  Go on.  It'll be good for your pictures.

I could not agree more!  Whenever I acquire a 'minty' Leica, I sell the
sucker.  My user cameras are user cameras.  My M6 has strap marks and bears
them proudly -- like me, it bears the scars of hard but productive use!

Marc


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