Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"leica decease" - well, I don't know about that. My M4-P is proudly scuffed and so is my Hasselblad. If we are honest with ourselves, the ultimate photo snobbery is a worn but sturdy camera that shows metal (not plastic) beneath the paint. It shows that you have a tool, not a toy :) In a message dated 7/8/99 10:52:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, RCLOMPUS@INNUS.JNJ.com writes: << I once saw a black M4 (I think) that had much of the black paint worn off exposing the brass underneath. It was beautiful. I must have a sick sense of beauty. The worse it looks, the more it appeals to me. It must be a "Leica Disease." Happy shooting, Richard >> The majority of Leica users I know are sort of anal when it comes to the cosmetics of their equipment. I think you might have 60's-era-PJ disease. Romantic images of the guys who covered the War, with battle fatigues and battered-up M2's, M3's and Nikon F's around their necks. DT