Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT reference material/equipment questions
From: "A.H.SCHMIDT" <horsts@primus.com.au>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 21:15:04 +1100
References: <200103131910.f2DJA3D30040@hermes.toad.net>

Tell me you guys, what has this bloke done wrong? Some of you are trying to be
just a pack of arrogant shits.  What does it matter, how much equipment one has,
or how much of it is used.
In my earlier days , I had stacks of Leica equipment I never used. I just liked
the look of it.
I used a few cameras which I liked to use the best, the other ones ,including
accessories, stayed on the shelf.
George asked a question, that's what the LUG is about. Isn't It? A few seemed to
know this and gave sensible replays. but some others.....

Regards, Horst Schmidt
(Owner of still quite a lot of never used leica stuff)



Steve LeHuray wrote:

> > Or, please...take some workshops.  Learn how to expose film, process prints
> > and, finally, spend a lot of time learning how to take interesting pictures.
> > I don't mean to be rude, but you're accumulating a lot of expensive
> > equipment before learning 1) what it does and 2) what you want to do with it
> > and 3) what you *can* do with it.
> >
> > For a beginner, money spent on film and processing is the single most
> > valuable investment.  Most people would be better off with a Pentax K1000
> > and a couple thousand dollars of film.
> >
> > The other George
> >
>
> Most likely in a few months all of Georges new cameras will show up on e-bay
> saying something like "blah,blah,blah,....like new only used once." Or
> something like that.
>
> Steve
> Annapolis
>
> >>
> >> On 2001.03.12 20:17:38 -0700 George Kenney wrote:
> >>
> >> > I have no excuse for my budding Leicaholism. I don't know how to
> >> > take pictures, but I've now acquired in rapid succession 2 new M6
> >> > TTLs (.58 and .85), 1 used M4-2 (btw from the notorious Canadian
> >> > retail shop of the notorious zoom lens episode -- they were quite
> >> > nice, I thought, and gave me an excellent price on an excellent
> >> > body), 6 Leica lenses and 1 Voigtlander lens.
> >> >
> >> > BUT THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH!!
> >> >
> >> > No, today I had to buy a Hassleblad 501CM w/ 80 CFE. [snip]
> >> >
> >> > Anyhow, I can't find resources for Hassleblad anything like the
> >> > fantastic resources for Leica on the web. Does anybody have any
> >> > suggested links, please?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >

Replies: Reply from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] OT reference material/equipment questions)
In reply to: Message from "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net> (Re: [Leica] OT reference material/equipment questions)