Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/26
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David,
I'm now 47 and feel exactly the same as you on Rolleis, 4x5 and so on.
LTM are simply lovely well done cameras.
Every one should have, use, admire, own... one of these marvels.
Use of Rollei TLR and IIIs has a lot to do, don't ask why but ...
I have property, a car but I always thought that could trade my 4 sons and
wife for a couple of Linhof, Rolleis and more Leica stuff...
Life would become like in paradise. ;-)
No obligations, no problems, no nothing but great gear, million of new
images everyday ...
Baaaaaah, just drinking, dreaming. I mean joking.
regards
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Pablo Kolodny
www.pablokolodny.com
> From: leica@davidmorton.org
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:20:19 +0100
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica O
>
> Rei Shinozuka wrote:
>
> "ive got 2 m6's and though there's no logical reason to own one,
> i graviate to any glass case holding shiny IIIs. they are such
> jewels! aesthetically they celebrate the mechanical, with tiny knurled
> dials and fussy engraved numerals and tick marks. like the rolleiflex,
> a charming camera. i sense one in my future."
>
> Same here. I have no practical use for the lovely mint- IIIf RDDA I saw
> today, but it's calling to me. I have a similar attitude to Rollei TLRs too.
> For 90% of my photography I use 35mm or 5x4, but I can't bring myself to get
> rid of the Rolleis. They're such wonderful mechanical devices; eccentric,
> charming and functional at the same time. Mark Rabiner described the Rollei
> TLR as "a brick that takes pictures", and I understand what he means.
>
> I have a huge resistance to collecting cameras. There's an old saying that
> "the things you own wind up owning you", and I feel strongly that it's true
> (for me, I don't speak for anyone else). It's so easy to fill your life up
> with gadgets and possessions and lose sight of the goals.
>
> In the last few weeks I've taken all of the photo gear out of the store
> room, put it all in a big heap and started sorting through it going "when
> did I last use that?" and "do I really need that?". The pile of items I
> haven't used or don't need is growing, and will go towards funding the one
> or two things I do still need.
>
> But then my friends tell me I'm a little weird about possessions...I'm 46 in
> January and don't own any property ('real estate' in American), and don't
> own a car (Automobile). Just don't ask about books, CDs, cameras and
> resonator guitars :-)
>
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> David Morton
> dmorton@journalist.co.uk
>
> "The more opinions you have, the less you see." -- Wim Wenders.
>
>
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