Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]bampolsk@csc.com wrote: > > Well, I finally did it. For over a month I thought about whether or not to > buy the Leica 0. Everything reasonable said don't. I'm not a wealthy > person. Nor am I a professional photographer. Finally, I couldn't resist > any longer... I bought it. When I brought it home, I put the camera, > still in bag, on my bed and let it sit unopened for about two hours. > Finally, I opened the box and fondled this gem, wound the film advance, > released the shutter, looked through the insane viewfinder... all with > lint-free gloves. > > Many will say I'm crazy to have bought this camera. And, I will agree. > Will I use it? I'll probably run 2 or 3 rolls of film through it and then > display it in a case. Yes, I am indeed crazy. The only thing I have to > say for myself is that my other major hobby is reading Mayan Hieroglyphics. > Fortunately, except for travel, that's a relatively inexpensive hobby. Am > I glad I bought this camera? Yes. Do I feel a little guilty about buying > it? Also yes. Still, I love this camera. It is the only camera I have > ever bought without intention to use it on an ongoing basis. > > Just some ruminations on having just bought a Leica 0. > > Regards and good shooting, > > Brian > I hope that you find shooting those 2 or 3 rolls such a pleasure that you desire to have that be YOUR camera for trips and all the time and for shooting Mayan Hieroglyphics. And there would certainly no guilt in USING a tool that's meant to be used. Putting it a case I've said i can't see. If i was a collector I'd buy a real old camera that you cant get film for any more and put THAT on a shelf or in a case. I do that as a matter of fact! Brownies mainly.* As I shoot most recently with camera techniques centuries old. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ * but now a source for cheap 127 and 620 film! Dust off your Brownies! http://www.frugalphotographer.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html