Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/30
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On 30 Jul 99, Mark Rabiner wrote, at least in part:
> I really don't have any big problem with collecting. I value Leica stuff
> for other use not just have. Here though Nathan you are making inferences
> about Leica's profit margin on this enamel deal while you sell your off
> exquisite 135mm Apo Telyt that you bought yesterday and your exquisite
> 75mm Summilux to buy an untried and tested by yourself new 90mm Summicron.
> That could be considered more frivolous than most collecting. You say
> your new Leicaflex situation has enabled you to reshuffle your long M
> lenses in this manner so you are selling/consolidating! No one forces you
> to justify yourself of course. But to me this sounds rather off handed.
> These are powerful tools you are tossing back at us have you discovered
> Zooms? Tell us about your great new R telephoto's that could possible
> enable you to part with the 75mm Summilux and 135mm Apo Telyt so matter of
> factly. (See his other post) This is a discussion group. Some of us would
> rather quickly take these find tools off your hands than hear why they no
> longer satisfy you. Me, I'd like to know how they've let you down. Or have
> they? Mark Rabiner
Mark, do you have some pack rat in your background? (Ya gotta
know about pack rats)
I might suggest that you are coming in late to the Leica fold and
are desirous of every thing Leica makes (Aren't we all?). You are
quibbling with some here who have been in Leica for long periods
of time. Unless "price is no object" and you are independently
wealthy, it makes perfect sense to juggle your equipment to suit
your style and budget. Besides, did Nathan say anything about the
equipment that he wishes to dispose of as being unsatisfactory in
any way? Heck no, the man is juggling to suit his style and
budget. Give him that freedom without questioning.
BTW, the Devil makes me do these things, so today's lesson is
that the speaker/writer *implies*; the listener/reader *infers*.
- --
Roger
mailto:roger@beamon.org
He, who will not reason, is a bigot;
he, who cannot, is a fool;
and he, who dares not, is a slave.
-- William Drumond, Scottish writer (1585-1649)