Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick wrote: > > I apologize for the misunderstanding. And I, of course, don't ever mean, in > any way to be rude. It's not my nature....<CUT>... No harm done Jim. We should maybe all think twice before hitting the reply button when personal things are mentionned : despite all the smileys, tongue-in-cheek is not always visible in Internet posts ;-) Regarding the core of the discussion, I think I have absolutely no problem with your position. There is nothing "bad" in deciding to learn photography with a Leica instead of a 2nd hand Electro 35 (which is what i started with). Seems like a risky investment, that's all, but that is the user's problem, not mine. My 9 year old kid enjoys using my M6. She has a good eye for composition and likes photographing people. She does it in a thoughtful way, not just point and shoot. She wanted a real camera for her birthday and spontaneously asked for a Leica M. Please believe me if I tell you she has absolutely no idea of the costs or the status symbol carried by the Leica brand. If I had had the means I would gladly have bought her a nice user M3. I bought her a battered FM+50mm instead. And she likes it to the point of going on a photojournalism summer class. And to refer to another thread: I did not consider for a split second buying a Rebel... Friendly regards Alan, Brussels-belgium