Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree 100%. What you have said is exactly correct. Some people get miffed because they are not in a position to "collect." Others because that item that they want has been "collected into oblivion." But all in all, the collectors are partially funding our new working Leicas. Long live the collectors. Jim At 05:04 PM 7/28/99 -0700, roger wrote: > >Pitiful collectors? You make them sound like drech! Not so. As if >every Leica has, as its rightful duty, the making of great images. >No, not until it is in the hands of a good shooter. Until then, it's >nothing more than an unused tool, and that's not a shame. Any >camera in the hands of a good shooter can make great images. > >Though not a collector, I relish the idea of the collector cult that >has grown up around Leica products. Ye Gods, if it weren't for the >collectors, the economies of scale that apply only a little to Leica >would be nonexistent! I'll guarantee that if too many Leicas are >squirreled away by collectors, Leica WILL MAKE MORE! You will be >able to get yours and at a lesser price than if there were no >collectors. > >Roger