Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>i think it's part of the human condition for people who have struggled to achieve something to look askance at others who seem not to have had a similar struggle to achieve the same thing. this isn't a justification of course, but in a certain sense the way some people are born into families with substatial resources while others are born to families with a correspondingly severe lack of resources is also unjustifiable.>>>> This was well put. I bought my first camera when I was ten--would you believe a Diana? The quality of my gear slowly improved, as did my lot in life. Now, at the age of 44, I am fortunate to be able to keep several systems, including Contax SLR, and a rather new acquisition, my M6, as well as medium format gear. Maybe one also has to be 'ready'. In search of the Leica mystique, I acquired a screw-mount (don't remember which) in my early twenties. I didn't get it. In my early thirties, I lucked into a DS M3 with 50mm. I still didn't get it. This was not from lack of experience with manual cameras; I was using Mamiya TLR and 6x7 by this time. Now, at 44, I have an M6, and I finally GET IT!!! Yay! One also Regards, Denton Taylor _______________________________ Photogallery at www.dentontaylor.com