Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While we're off topic :o}~ I have a couple of Cross pens, a Parker Sonnet, and a fistful of Sheaffer pens- when any of them need service, Cross and Sheaffer fix the caps, and stuff- gratis! I did have to pay for a finer nib on the Parker, but then I wanted a stainless steel one! I also have a few turkey quill pens- the kids in the neighborhood were amazed to see what kids 'in the good ole days' had to do, and why we call the little tool now banned from schools, 'penknives'. I have been know to use a reed pen, and sumi ink! I am not so retro as to start using clay tablet, but then again, I have never wanted to study Sumerian or other cuneiform styles of write! LTMs to me are the photographic equivalent of a good fountain pen- you can't bang out pictures the way you can with a motorized AF Kwanon with Mushinon lens, or words on a word processor. They lend themselves to the more deliberate and thoughtful, possibly poetic expression, and like writing with a fountain pen, you have to mind your "P"s and "Q"s, and dot your "I"s, and cross your "T"s to make your ideas complete! If I am waxing poetic, it's because we are celebrating our 16th anniversary, and my SO is so wonderfully indulgent with my little whims- like allowing me to write to the list on this day! Gotta go for now! Dan, Basking in the light! - -----Original Message----- From: McClures <mcclure@udata.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: RE: AF & auto exposure >JEM, > >I have had a Mont Blanc Meisterstuck Fountain Pen for eight years and it >is, indeed, a fine writing instrument -- when it is working. It has >gone back for leakage problems three times. To add insult to injury, >they charged $35 each time to fix it. A $10 Cross has a lifetime >guarantee. Of course, a Mont Blanc is not a Cross any more than a Leica >is a Nikon (how's that for an on-topic analogy?) > > > > > > >Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote: >> >> JEM, >> >> Have had my Mont Blanc for years, no problems. Sounds like its propaganda >> put forth by pen manufacturers of lesser quality, like Parker, BIC, et al. >> >> Peter K >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: m037iu00@cwcom.net [mailto:m037iu00@cwcom.net] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 8:27 AM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: RE: AF & auto exposure >> >> if the leica is a quill pen, what's the F5, a bic? >> guy >> >> Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote: A Mont Blanc >> >> ================================ >> Peter, >> Your choice of Mont Blanc sits easily with me, I have heard they are very >> expensive, break down quite readily and provide erratic ink flow, often >> failing spectacularly by flooding an owners pockets with ink as well. >> >> Jem >> (whose Parker 51 seems to be the epitome of an M-Leica) >