Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> "Some of these arrivistes buy Nikon F5s, or Leica R8s, or any other top > price SLR, only to shoot photos of their cat without ever quite knowing > what they are doing. Often their top-of-the-range camera body has a > mediocre lens on the front, or worse. We've all seen the messages > posted by the people with an F100 and kit lenses, or the guy who > suggested he needed a Tamron mount so he could use his Tamron lenses on > a Leica SLR body he intended to buy. Many of these people think that > because they can buy a Leica, they have somehow acquired the *class* > that was formerly associated with Leica ownership. They could not be > more wrong. Money doesn't buy class. > It is as simple as that this guy cannot afford a Leica or a F5. Perhaps he has "class" whatever this could be but he has not got a real good camera and has a strong will to do it. Almost every friend of mine I know with a Leica or a F5 is really a good photograph. Kind regards Félix