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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica MP --now typewriters
From: "SonC \(Sonny Carter\)" <sonc@sonc.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:57:37 -0600
References: <20030224163526.85134.qmail@web21409.mail.yahoo.com>

Yeah BD, I remember getting to the bottom page of a manuscript that
was due, and holding my breath so I would not hit a typo.   Trashcans
full of wadded up paper, the nice tint that carbon paper leaves on yer
fingers . . . The fun of changing a ribbon . . .   Ah yes, those were
the days.

I remember the first day I sat down to edit someone else's work on a
Kaypro.  I found I could backspace and fix the spelling, or change a
phrase;   after five minutes  on it, I stopped work, went out and
bought one for myself.

Several months later, I went to work as a producer in the ABC
affiliate in New Orleans, and they still had Selectrics.  I felt like
I had been sentenced to hard labor.

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com










- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Ting" <henryting10@yahoo.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 10:35 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica MP -- Yes, it's true!


>
> Well they say oldtimer writers write better on
> typewriters. Probably that "clickety, clackety" sound
> inspires their thoughts. But I for one would be driven
> crazy by that sound.
>
> --- bdcolen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Funny you should say that - I have recently found
> > myself fondly
> > recalling typing on typewriters, to the point of
> > wondering if I wanted
> > to buy an old Underwood. I haven't succumbed yet,
> > and probably won't,
> > but the thought is there. But of course it's not the
> > Underwood logo
> > that's calling to me, it's what I remember of the
> > tactile feel and sound
> > of typing, and it's also probably the fact that I
> > connect both to my
> > long-gone youth.
> >
> > 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 Henry Ting
> > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 10:59 AM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica MP -- Yes, it's true!
> >
> >
> > Absolutely no value-added as an instrument for
> > taking
> > pictures. In fact, its a step backwards. Although it
> > might touch the hearts of true die-hard Leica fans,
> > but as far as I'm concerned, there is really no
> > sentimental ties. I can't see myself typing with an
> > Underwood typewriter now that I have a PC.
> >
> > --- grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote:
> > >
> > > From what I can see from the photo, we get the
> > Leica
> > > Script back, which to
> > > some is worth the price of admission.  It sure is
> > > more elegant than the RED
> > > Dot.
> > >
> > > Gene
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> > >                       Ernest Nitka
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> > >                       <enitka@twcny.rr.com>
> >
> > >      To:       leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >
> > >
> > >                       Sent by:
> >
> > >      cc:
> >
> > >
> > >                       owner-leica-users@mejac.palo
> >
> > >      Subject:  Re: [Leica] Leica MP -- Yes, it's
> > > true!
> > >                       -alto.ca.us
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> > >                       02/23/2003 01:54 PM
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> > >                       Please respond to
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> > >                       leica-users
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > for those with a hankerin' for the M6MP can ya'
> > tell
> > > me why you'd want
> > > this camera?  Admittedly my cursory review of the
> > > specs didn't reveal
> > > anything important except a step backward with the
> > > rewind knob.  the
> > > rapidwinder can be had for M6 and M7 so it isn't
> > > even exclusive to the
> > > MP.
> > >
> > > If I had an MP in the closet along with my M6
> > > classic I'd grab the M6
> > > classic everytime - so what is the rationale
> > behind
> > > this model ?  I
> > > don't get it.  I suspect rangefinder patch flare
> > is
> > > still there ( oh
> > > it's not a design flaw..... it's paying homage to
> > > the great M6's of the
> > > past........)
> > >
> > >
> > > ernie
> > > curious in syracuse
> > >
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