Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Walter S Delesandri wrote: > > Don't know where in the hell you got that information....among > non-photographers, Leica is unknown (exc. oldsters)...among > photographers it is known as an EXTREMELY elitist product... > (the BEST or a useless status symbol depending on the person's > viewpoint)...but never "just another product"......you either > get praise or contempt for owning/using Leica from other > photographers, depending on the status of the bug up their ass > that day..... > > Walt snip > An image comes to my mind of a working war photographer with several M's around his torso. I think I saw in in a American Photographer or maybe is was the French about five years back. It resolved any elitist guilt I might have had about getting into Leica. Mark Rabiner