Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_01BC8280.A80D4D00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit What happens when you use a lens with "eyes" on an M-6? Is focusing or anything else made more difficult? MB - ---------- > From: Roger Beamon <beamon@primenet.com> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: M-6 Rebate ends soon....... > Date: Thursday, June 19, 1997 8:30 PM > > >This may seem a > > little weird, but looking down the road 20 years or so, film may > > be a much more expensive proposition. > > 20 years! Ye Gods, I don't buy green bananas anymore! > > I'll milk the current chemistry, labs and film as long as it's > reasonable by my standards (whatever they are). If and when they > are no longer available and reasonable, I'll deal with that > decision then, and only then. > > I don't think we can extrapolate 20 years into the future very > well. In the middle '70s, the Apple II wasn't yet on the scene. To > think what will be available in the future based on where today's > technology seems to be going is an endeavor filled with > uncertainty, often proved wrong in the past. (Cripes, even as I > write this, I'm proving the lie. After all, computers did evolve > along a projected line as far as speed and capability are > concerned.) > > Now watch my randomly selected tagline to my signature come up with > one that is completely contrary to my thoughts above. 8^) > -- > Roger Beamon > Naturalist & Photographer > Leica Historical Society Of America > mailto:beamon@primenet.com > > Thought for the day: > Intuition (n): an uncanny sixth sense which tells people > that they are right, whether they are or not. - ------=_NextPart_000_01BC8280.A80D4D00 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><BODY bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><p><font size=3D2 = color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Arial">What happens when you use a lens with = "eyes" on an M-6?<br>Is focusing or anything else made more = difficult?<br>MB<br><br>----------<br>> From: Roger Beamon <<font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>beamon@primenet.com</u><font = color=3D"#000000">><br>> To: <font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us</u><font = color=3D"#000000"><br>> Subject: Re: M-6 Rebate ends = soon.......<br>> Date: Thursday, June 19, 1997 8:30 PM<br>> = <br>> >This may seem a<br>> > little weird, but looking down = the road 20 years or so, film may<br>> > be a much more expensive = proposition.<br>> <br>> 20 years! Ye Gods, I don't buy green = bananas anymore!<br>> <br>> I'll milk the current chemistry, labs = and film as long as it's <br>> reasonable by my standards (whatever = they are). If and when they <br>> are no longer available and = reasonable, I'll deal with that <br>> decision then, and only then. = <br>> <br>> I don't think we can extrapolate 20 years into the = future very <br>> well. In the middle '70s, the Apple II wasn't yet = on the scene. To <br>> think what will be available in the future = based on where today's <br>> technology seems to be going is an = endeavor filled with <br>> uncertainty, often proved wrong in the = past. (Cripes, even as I <br>> write this, I'm proving the lie. After = all, computers did evolve <br>> along a projected line as far as = speed and capability are <br>> concerned.)<br>> <br>> Now watch = my randomly selected tagline to my signature come up with <br>> one = that is completely contrary to my thoughts above. 8^)<br>> = - --<br>> Roger Beamon <br>> = Naturalist & = Photographer<br>> Leica = Historical Society Of America<br>> = <font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>mailto:beamon@primenet.com</u><font = color=3D"#000000"><br>> = <br>> = Thought for = the day:<br>> Intuition (n): an uncanny sixth = sense which tells people <br>> that they are = right, whether they are or not.</p> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></body></html> - ------=_NextPart_000_01BC8280.A80D4D00--