Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --simple boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: "cc:Mail Note Part" > Rick Floyd wrote: > > > > Ok, I'm ready to FINALLY get an M6. While discussing this with my > > wonderful and generally understanding wife, she said "why do you > need an > > M6?" Her best question was "what will it do for me (her)?" > > > > I guess other than a whole bunch of intangible reasons combined with > a > > small amount of lust, I didn't have a _good_ answer. So my question > to > > the LUG is why do we need a camera like an M6? > > > > Rick > > > I would like to relate a recent experience of mine that illustrates why I got an M6. I was recently on a photo outing in Toronto with my father. He had his new Nikon F5 with a 24-120 zoom, (this lens has a piece of glass that looks like the end of a barrel of a bazooka), I had my M6 and Konica Hexar (beautiful camera, much like a M6 buts thats a different topic). We were driving through the city looking for pionts of interest. While stopped at a red light I noticed some children playing in an alley. Having my camera already set to the proper exposure and set for hyperfocal distance I just reached across the passenger side and snapped a picture. My Dad, seeing the same picture raised his bazooka, er I mean F5, and aimed it at the children. Well one of the girls saw the camera, screamed noooo and ran away. Hopefully this was a lesson learned, bigger is not always better. Jim Hurtubise - --simple boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; name="RFC822.TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="RFC822.TXT" Received: from mejac.palo-alto.ca.us by mail.sd91.bc.ca (ccMail Link to SMTP R8.10.00) ; Thu, 23 Apr 98 14:30:36 -0800 Return-Path: <owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Received: from by mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (5.65/KJV) id AA04957 Thu, 23 Apr 98 13:17:45 -0700 Received: from zeus.nitco.com by mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (5.65/KJV) id AA04951 Thu, 23 Apr 98 13:17:41 -0700 Received: from inap (groucho16.nitco.com [205.216.13.95]) by zeus.nitco.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA31160 for <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 15:17:12 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <353F4E31.60B192E@inap.com> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 15:20:33 +0100 From: Jim Hurtubise <jim@inap.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (WinNT; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] 10 reasons why I need an M6 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <19980422215227.612.qmail@hotmail.com> <353EC447.271E@deltanet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Precedence: bulk Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us - --simple boundary--