RE: [Leica] Did Leica miss the boat on the M7 viewfinder?

[Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com>]

I think I said nearly not utterly

Whenever I go out to take a planned pic I 
look at what I have and if possible I take the M
because it's small and the lenses are sharp. 

But if it's an unplanned outing I take an R with a
35-70 and a 180 because every time I've taken an M I
have regretted it. I've missed getting long shots and
have missed entire shots changing lenses. This is what
I mean by useless. There's nothing asenine about it.

If my remarks betray anger at Leitz they should. The
company has gone from being a technology leader and
innovator to being a maker of curio objects
just like the guys who make fancy pens and 
fancy watches.

See Ya
Javier



- --- "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:
> You may own the equipment, Javier - but that doesn't
> make calling the M
> "utterly useless" any less asinine a statement,
> unless you modify the
> statement by saying that the M is utterly useless
> for your kind of shooting.
> And if that's the case, why do you shoot with one?
> Status? ;-)
> 
> B. D.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On
> Behalf Of Javier
> Perez
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 1:32 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Did Leica miss the boat on the
> M7 viewfinder?
> 
> 
> This is priceless
> I'm an R and M user BTW: when I say nearly useless I
> know what I'm talking about. I've been on the list
> for
> years and if I wanted to do some trolling I'de start
> a different kind of thread. There's no need to react
> like a cult member.
> Javier
> 
> --- Michael Gerard <geeman1066@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Fellow LUGers,
> >     I've only owned a Leica and been on the LUG
> > about three months now,
> > but its been long enough to love the system and
> this
> > user group.
> > Moreover,
> > I've been on the net long enough to know a troll
> > when I see one.
> > Sometimes
> > non-native English speakers can sound a little
> > brusque when they are
> > well-meaning; my father-in-law was one such
> fellow.
> > However, there are
> > many cues here that indicate that Javier hopes to
> > provoke outraged
> > responses.
> > When I was very young, my older brother could
> always
> > get my goat.  My
> > mom
> > counselled me to "just ignore him." I am passing
> > along her wise advice
> > here,
> > which you may certainly choose to ignore.  After
> > all, answering every
> > troll with
> > outrage is in the spirit of the LUG. ;-)
> > Regards,
> > Michael Gerard
> > geeman1066@earthlink.net
> >
> >
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