Re: [Leica] NEW Leica screw,,Really?

["Guido Soprano" <guidosoprano@hotmail.com>]

Marc,

sometimes I think this list is RUDE-ite rather than erudite.

Well, I'm off to hold my pieces - it is so much easier than holding peaces.

Yours in not understanding much, including tolerance, inclusion, and 
aphorisms,

GS


>From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] NEW Leica screw,,Really?
>Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 22:17:34 -0400
>
>At 09:31 PM 8/10/1999 EDT, Tom Abrahamson foolishly queried:
> >A metered 3F with a 1/125 flash synch, 1/2000 top
> >speed and a price of around $450. Wouldn't that be a beauty!
>
>Well, to be rude, no.  A Cosina Piece of Shit remains a Cosina Piece of
>Shit, Tom, however you slice it.  It isn't a Leica, and if you think it is,
>well, I'd hold my peace, if I were you:  your income is gauged by your
>credibility within the Leica community and if the word starts getting
>around that you believe some Cosina garbage is Leica-like, well, brother,
>you will simply cause apoplexy from the laughter which results among the
>cognescenti.  Cosina is a junk company making junk.  Better than a lot of
>Oriental junk, but, for the all of it, still junk.  It is NOT of Leitz
>quality nor of Leica quality.  It is junk by these standards.  Great flash
>speeds and it is broken and unrepairable in six months.  A wonderful way to
>spend your $450.  A IIIc would make more sense, with a Kontakt.
>
>Can we just keep this list on-target?  It is the LEICA Users Group.  Not
>the Cosina Users Group.  Not the Nikon Users Group.  Not the Contax Users
>Group.  Not the Hasselblad Users Group.  It is CERTAINLY not that erudite
>chamber, the Rollei List.
>
>Marc
>
>msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
>Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
>


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