Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/15

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Subject: Re: Pretenders to the Throne
From: "shawnl@earthlink.net" <shawnl@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 23:24:56 +0000

Jim Brick wrote:

>That last sentence is the biggest bunch of cow manure I've heard in a long
>time!

That might be true, but it's my opinion nonetheless.

>
>Nostalgia and $1.25 will buy you a cup of coffee.

Nostalgia is Leica's backbone, and they happily admit it.  Read any sales 
brochure.

>Which cameras have the knobs been falling off of. In which cameras does the
>frame counter quit. Which camera loses its ability to focus clearly due to
>mis-aligned parts. Which camera is a SOB to load. For *true* focus
>accuracy, which camera must have each lens calibrated to the body it will
>be used on. Is this the "M's thoroughly unique experience in photography
>today".

Unique or interesting does not connote perfect in any sense.  Beauty 
often has its flaws.