Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny, Look out, I'm sure a bidding war is imminent! t > From: "SonC (Sonny Carter)" <sonc@sonc.com> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 09:59:59 -0500 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Quality Control > > Walter, I appreciated your discussion, and it probably WAS Cassidy > brutalizing his camera. He's known to do such things. > > I just wanted to introduce my new Commemorative Leica just in time for > the Holiday Season, (What Holiday?, Pick One, everyday is a Holiday > with a SonC Special edition Leica!) > > Take a look here! > > http://www.sonc.com/allnew.htm > > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Walter S Delesandri" <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Cc: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 8:29 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Quality Control > > >>> 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 >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html