[Leica] Re: Late night musings after a long but interesting day.

[Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>]

Mark:

I think you criticism is a bit harsh. I am a BIG Leica fan and user but am
not lusting after any of the current offerings. The new 28 Summicron is
nice I guess, but I rarely use a 28 and my Elmarits are just fine. The TTL
shutter dial turns the wrong way for me. I own to many 90s to be looking at
the new one.

This is not to say the Leica is not offering very nice products--they are,
but nothing that tempts me personally at this time. I think perhaps Mike,
who doesn't need me to speak for him, feel the same way.

Ken Wilcox

At 10:55 -0700 10/20/0, a fine scholar, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>Mike Johnston wrote:
>><Snip>
>> It would be nice if there were a workingman's Leica.
>>
>> It does kind of bug me that I don't really covet any of the products Leica
>> is currently selling. I don't know why it should, but there it is.
>>
>> Late night musings after a long but interesting day.
>>
>> --Mike
>
>It would have been news if you were, Mike!!!
>This has always been your position.
>You were never much interested in what Solms had to offer.
>I had thought perhaps with you coming back to the list this might have
>changed.
>Such statements like "I don't really covet any of the products Leica is
>currently selling." Is kinda bad vibes man!!! TGIF! So what old stuff
>then? Into
>screw mount? Shooting with a Leica at all? Throw us a bone!
>Gary Todoroff asked you this yesterday offhandedly, I'm just being direct.
>
>Most of us on this here Leica Users Group here have more than a passing
>interest
>in what Solms is coming up with.
>The new compact 28 Summicron Asph is a major reason to get into Leica.
>And with new miniwinder and .58 body Leica cameras are going to be more
>commonly
>run into and used.
>People will save thier hard earned money and buy them.
>
>Hey some of us think the bayonet mount is an abomination and like a camera
>which
>fits in a pocket.
>
>Is Leica really just not worth it?
>Too much damn money for an honest working man to spend when a Pentax will take
>perfectly good pictures?
>Plenty of people feel this way which is why they are not on the LUG and
>why they
>don't waist their hard earned cash on such rarified oddities from Solms,
>Germany.
>
>Leica is of course a living small quality company which is doing well.
>And I LIKE VERY Much what they are doing.
>I am VERY excited by recent developments.
>It's taken me 7 years to build up a complete modern working Leica M system
>which
>i feel puts me in a better position to produce quality images than the
>masses of
>pro photogs using Canons and Nikons and other SLR's.
>Now I'm really for screw mount for my personal work.
>I think they are jewels, the old glass interestingly esoteric but the new
>glass
>Leica is NOW making for LTM (by special order) just a tad more interesting for
>quality image making.
>mark rabiner
>who is getting incredibly great images with his new 90 apo asph.
>This lens feels great, looks great, and does great.
>Took a while to put the money together.
>I'm not at all against YOU Mike. I'm just FOR Leica. Lay your cards on the
>table.


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