Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Who wants a Leica the size of a house? What kind of film would it take? Are Contax's made of wood? That means they can float! Know what else floats?- Witches!! Contax cameras are witches! Burn 'em all! And now I know that my M6 can be used as an earring! :) definately need more medications. Bob Keene > >Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 14:21:04 -0800 >From: "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com> >Subject: RE: [Leica] Lens choice--sole lens for M6 > >Geezz... personally if I wanted a house I would hire a carpenter. > >- -----Original Message----- > > >Martin Howard wrote: >> >>How on Earth do you manage to design something, an inanimate object, that >>conjures up those kinds of emotions!? > >Well, I had an elderly German who worked in the Leitz factory in >Wetzlar (1947) tell me: >"Contax cameras are made by carpenters, Leicas are made by jewelers." > >What was true in 1947 still might be true today < big grin >. > >George