Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bought all of the Leica equipment that served me for the next 25 years while a student at college. Altho my parents paid room and tuition (thanks, Mom and Dad!), any extras were my own responsibility. Almost all of the camera equipment was used gear, and certainly all of it was at the expense of other college "standard equipment" - stereo, spring break holidays, etc. It was a matter of a two-fold approach: 1) setting priorities (I ate a lot of beans) and 2) thinking more like a merchant than a consumer (I worked odd jobs, took passport photos, sold stuff, etc). Most of the equipment, in fact, was bought while studying in Europe and working for about $1.00 per hour. Actually, after marriage and kids, it was much harder to afford Leica equipment. My two M2's and four lenses from college days were all I had until my own kids graduated from college. Regards Gary Todoroff Tree LUGger Eureka, CA - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html