Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -- Hi John, all- Leicas appeal to lots of folks regardless of income ... Yes - I'm a veterinarian/researcher --- but hardly rich (or famous!) Four years of schooling cost over $100K, and most vets (myself included) make very little compared to our MD counterparts. The only folks who graduated with me that are 'doing quite well' are the ones who inherited a practice from dad or mom, aunt or uncle or the like.. Others who started their own are in even more debt. But you hit it with the Rebel statement!! I love to meet these folks in their leather chaired offices and have them show me an 'African Safari' photo that has been gorgeously framed - usually an 11x14 from an iso 200 color neg - of the back-side of an elephant reproduced about as big as a quarter - taken with that Rebel. Then -- what can one say? If I ever told him/her that I spent, say, $800 dollars for ANY lens, they'd say that I was the nutty one! It takes all kinds I suppose ;-) EC > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Leica Users digest) > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 20:27:01 -0700 (PDT) > To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Leica Users digest V22 #234 > > -- Original Message ----- >> From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> >> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 2:04 PM >> Subject: [Leica] The notta thread >> >> >>> Pursuant to Dante's Hexar review, and in no way a negative reflection > on >>> it: >>> >>> I would like to find out if any of us are NOT lawyers, doctors or >>> dentists. Not that it is wrong to be one of the above but I am tired of >>> hearing the same old toys of the rich refrain. None of my personal >>> acquaintances with Leicas are lawyers, doctors or dentists. As a matter >>> of fact, I know quite a few lawyers, doctors and dentists, and the most >>> of them own Canon Rebels. >>> >>> I am a full time house husband right now and previously was, and will > be >>> again, an automotive mechanic. >>> >>> And you? >>> >>> John Collier - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html