Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica 0
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 11:47:36 -0800
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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/
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