Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Lenses were not > > designed to be looked at with magnifiers. They were designed to take > > pictures with. > > > > Where EVER did you get such a silly idea? ;-) > > B. D. > -- B.D., this is a problem I've seen cropping up again in recent years.....in the 70s and 80s, Leicas were used little...they were kept in velveteen bags in a safe WHERE THEY BELONG....as investments...."users" were old men in their 60s and 70s, and since their equipments' value had already been destroyed by meter marks, cleaning marks, etc, we didn't worry about it... All the EXC or better gear was bought by resellers from widows of doctors and lawyers, and sold to PROPER collectors, those with beards, BMWs and safes...folks who could properly care for it. However, I've noticed in the last few years some younger punks have been seen with Leicas, late model clean ones that could some day be valuable...HORRORS...and they're SHOOTING WITH THEM!!!--there's some subversive movement here, I think... One "artsy" looking fellow was even seen with an M and lens SITTING ON A TABLE in a coffee shop here in town...just sitting there, unprotected, no E/R case, no filter or lens cap, bent up hood (!!!)....and he was talking, drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette....all with the camera sitting there unprotected, hardly receiving any reverence at all...I thought about taking it away from him, but it was already worthless, except maybe as a parts camera, and even then you'd wonder about the condition of the gears/etc...after MANY rolls of film (at LEAST 20 rolls had been through it, I'm sure)--so I just walked out in disgust (he was also bigger and younger than me, with a leather jacket, and I'd already had one ass-whipping that day) I've heard that their leader is named Kyle or something, a KNOWN trouble-maker, one of them Gen-X "computer types"...the LUG might have to enlist the help of the LHSA to root out and rectify the problem---before it becomes wide spread....if not stopped, these folks could accidentally find an M4 or something at an estate sale and then they MIGHT have it CLA'd, thereby destroying the mandatory "L" seal, and rendering it worthless...this trend must end, we must band together and "nip it in the bud"... Please help us with donations if you're too damn old to take up arms in this matter, Sincerely, Walt in Denton, Tx. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html