Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think you have just described the difference between photographers and collectors. I deal with the possible loss of a camera just like anything else...Insurance. They are CAMERAS, meant to be used. Not massaged by gadget-horny collectors in their basements. Best wishes Dan States > >> >> >>time will tell, but remember Leica started out as being an off brand >>camera, >>with an off brand film format. I know several long time M shooters with >>complete M6 outfits, with modern ASPH lenses. They are afraid to take >>them on >>location and have 15 grand stolen in a single camera bag. Both are >>buying Bessa >>R outfits to use on location. >> >>The best camera is always the one in your hands taking pictures. It is >>never >>the one at home in the camera bag. >> >>Stephen Gandy > > >WOW I wish the kind of cash laying around to buy a camera system that >I was not going to use!! ;) > >Seriously, I can not imagine having a camera and not using it for >fear of getting stolen. How hard is a Leica system to keep up with? >Put it in a bag and keep it on your shoulder, if you set the bag down >stand on the strap. Geesh the Leica are TONS lighter than any SLR >system I have used. And if, while on location, someone picked up my >lightware case filled with my Canon gear I'd be looking at $15,000 to >replace that stuff and it gets used a lot more than my M stuff. >-- >Harrison McClary >http://www.mcclary.net ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com