Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Ted...good to hear from you! Walt On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 07:36:54 -0700 Ted <tedgrant@home.com> wrote: > Walter S Delesandri wrote: > > > Oh, hell, Erwin, LET US >>>>BELIEVE<<<<< IN THE SANCTITY OF ALL THAT IS > > OLD/LEICA/UNOBTAINABLE/EXPENSIVE/ETC>>>>> > > > > WE NEED AN "OPIATE" FOR OUR MASSES (the LUG)...without DOGMA > > we'd probably be throwing rocks at one another or blowing up > > a lot of shit... > > We NEED to believe that a bunch of drunk, hack-assed old photojournalists > > that probably couldn't get a job today (at least not with a Leica and a 50- > > this I KNOW for sure) KNEW THE TRUTH AND THE WAY, and we MUST follow > > them....... > > I personally don't know anything about the 50 1.5 Zeiss, or the Nokton (old), > > but I am VERY familiar with the flarey-assed Canon 50 1.4, and the > > Summarit (damn, in the seventies you could get all you wanted for $75, and > > THERE's your "ultimate Bokeh"......)...of course, all these crap lenses > > are more expensive now cuz they're 25 years older, and they have much > > more haze and cleaning marks (anal collectors clean a LOT)...therefore, > > they should be MUCH better for REAL photography....hence their inflated > > values... > > > > BTW, if you take ANY of this seriously, or take some bizarre kind of offense > > to it, then you're even farther gone than I thought....<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > Walt old buddy! :-) > > Good on you my friend, made my morning. Now I can go out and shoot without all the > techie stuff clogging up my sight lines! > > ted >