Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/12
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Walt,
Are you in treatment? Or a 12 step program? Or did you just do this cold
turkey?
Barney
Walter S Delesandri wrote:
>
> Mark, Mark, relax man....these guys can really get you going (they have
> gotten me LIVID in the past---and I them)....but they're GREAT guys,
> and occasionally gal....
>
> Without re-starting the "leica as crappy investment" thread, I should admit
> that I'm a photographer-turned-anal-retentive-leica-fondler-turned-photographer
> again....I'm in remission, but I occasionally find myself cleaning under the
> wind lever and around the shutter speed dial....it's a tougher habit than
> drinking and smoking to break (I still do all that, too....)
> Luckily, I have NOTHING wrapped in plastic anymore, and I've noticed obvious
> marks on my "newest" (M4-P)..so now I can relax and shoot pictures....
> I've still got some UV filters, but I won't buy any more if I trade/buy any
> more lenses...it's a tough habit to break...
> I used to put tape on the ends and bottom/top of the bodies, and if you INSIST,
> clear bookbinder's tape is the stuff....but PLEASE reconsider...a little
> brassing ("zincing" as one LUGGER called it!) ....IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL!!!!...
>
> You will spend MANY times the amount of that M6 on car(s)
> ....THIS YEAR, probably...!!!!
> I speak with empathy, friend....I had a near mint M4 in the closet for YEARS....
> one day 5-6 years ago I said ENOUGH, took it out, put a strap on it, and have
> used the hell out of it (I'm careful, it has MANY marks, but looks EXC)...BEST
> camera I've ever had, love it, it ain't for sale, and I should have had it
> OVER MY LEFT shoulder all those years it sat in plastic!!!--I sold my 'beater'
> M2s, the ones that SOMEBODY else used for years, and bought a new body...it to,
> is a "USER", but all the wear is MINE!!!
> Help is available, even here on the LUG......
>
> For those who have never had these "afflictions", don't make fun of Mark...they're
> REAL, and can be photographically devastating...I KNOW they were for me....I'm
> still taking it a day at a time....I've taken my UV filters off and thrown them
> in the trash (TED)....and dug them out and put them back on....and off...and on...
> this is a REAL problem, and I don't want ya'll making light of it.....so lets
> do the RIGHT thing, and HELP Mark....not make fun of his problem....
>
> Have a great weekend,
> Walt in Denton.
>
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:10:58 -0500 Mark Ritter <mritter@austin.rr.com>
> wrote:
> > I am the original poster of this question. In reply to most of the answers
> > I've received;
> > > I am not a "news guy". I am a regular guy that likes to take extra care of
> > his investment. And to me, it is an investment. To many of you I'm sure
> > they are JUST tools. As such, if for some unknown reason I'd like to sell
> > these investments in the future, don't you think they might command a higher
> > price if they were say close to mint rather than exc--.
> >
> > You treat your cameras the way you want to and I'll treat mine the way I
> > want to.
> >
>
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