Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is as pure a Leica PAW as I will post all year... During the week now ending I have been travelling, so I am behind both posting and looking at others' work. But here is my PAW for week 12, taken on Friday 22 March. The introduction of the Leica M7 and the other new products here in Zurich took place at Foto Ganz, the largest Leica dealer here. It was quite widely advertised, not just in photo circles but also in mainstream media such as the local equivalent of the New York Time, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. So, expecting huge throngs of people on Saturday, I took advantage of my current unemployed status and went to have a look on Friday morning, figuring that most potential M7 purchasers would be at work (I realize that there is some inherent inconsistency here...). And so it was. I was able to fondle the M7 and to have my two M6s checked (and pronounced spot-on as regards shuttter speeds and light metering) without waiting much. Here is the Leica rep posing with the goodies. He was somewhat aloof, as if secure in the knowledge that the M7 would sell itself: http://www.wajsman.com/2002_12.jpg And it did sell. As of last Thursday, Foto Ganz had sold the four M7s that Leica had provided them, and taken customer deposits on eight more, to be delivered in April/May. Here he is again, discussing the finer points of the M7 with the store manager: http://www.wajsman.com/2002_12alt1.jpg and here is the Leica technician checking out my M6TTL: http://www.wajsman.com/2002_12alt2.jpg All pictures with the M6+35mm Summilux on HP5+ developed in XTOL 1+3. The main PAW index is at: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm and comments and critique are always welcome and appreciated. Nathan - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html