Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mike Johnston wrote: ><Snip> > I wonder if Leica shooters should have two cameras--one minty antique or > special edition to coddle and to display, and another "user" body to > "use up"--which they should then not worry about in the least. Drop it, > slam it in a car door if that's what happens, take it into harm's way, > do one's worst--I'll bet some of us would be surprised just how well a > Leica thus abused would stoutly withstand everything we threw at it and > imperturbably keep on workin'. Part of the soul of the M is not revealed > until an effort is made to "use them up," cf. one of Jim Marshall's M4s > or Josef Koudelka's M2s. > > --Mike I can say from recent experience that just having a second body makes one much more brave about ones Leica Gear and they become more useful as a result. I would not mind so much having one body in the shop just as long as I have another body to shoot my investment in Leica M glass with. In my case both are M6's one is a new black TTL. And in my case both bodies I will never need to try to sell, they are mine for life. My new body is pristine but I look forward to the day when it looks like Koudelka's which at this rate would take about 300 years!! But what the heck!! Mark Rabiner