Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]bampolsk@csc.com wrote: > > OK, ladies and gents, It's been a while since I lurked on this list, and > even longer since I posted anything. So, now I have an interesting > problem. I have an opportunity to purchase a brand new gorgeous Leica 0. > I'd really like to buy it. But, I've never bought a camera for the sake of > collecting (my kit includes an M6TTL, an M5, an M2 and a Leicaflex SL). On > the one hand, I really love this camera; on the other hand, the chances of > actually using it are slim to none (ok, maybe I'd run a couple of rolls > through for giggles just to see what Leica enthusiasts circa 1924 had to > deal with). In short, it is likely to live in its box, perhaps to be > brought out occasionally for the sole purpose of paying homage to Oscar > Barnack. Maybe eventually, I'd even buy a glass case for it. But!! The > idea of buying a camera simply to collect it really doesn't compute for me. > Does anyone have any good reasons why or why not to buy this beauty? Other > than that I love it of course. > > Regards, > > Brian > > -- I think the idea of shelling out a couple of grad for a camera you are not quite able to take pictures with but maybe so almost but maybe to put in a nice glass case is beyond the scope of most of our imaginations Brian!. So far i don't thing any ones uploaded any of their shots they've done with this camera. I think Tom got some nice shots with his he mentioned. The point is there is no uncertainty that this is a photo making machine. And more that than a collectors item. It takes picture and quite sharp ones. I'd love to use just it for a year and print a show of everything i shot. A flood would be nice for subject matter. But to buy the camera with the idea that there is half a chance I'd just be looking at it in a glass case?!! What an interesting thought from a financial sociological standpoint! Care for a short list of picture taking tools I'd love to have if i had a spare two grand? A 21mm lens for my Leica M's is now at the top of my list. Or a 180 for my Hasselblad. a .58 body an R8 camera a 180 for that camera Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html