Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/21
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Ted
Good to hear this from a pro user. That is precisely what I tell them. My
R4SP has had the motor winder attached 98% of the time with just this one
failure a couple of weeks ago. By the way just got the call from Leica USA
it will be shipped today and will be on my door step tomorrow morning
(seems like a good reason to take a day off and go shooting...). I suspect
it will be good for r another 15 years, but I sure would like to get a new
R8 or R9...
Gene
Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
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05/21/2003 12:25 PM
Please respond to
leica-users
grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote in part:
>> I have been told that Leica users who are pro's won't go into the
> field without a second camera in case of a failure - My answer to them is
> what pro would not take at least one or two extra bodies into the field?
I
> know of none.<<<
You see anyone who gives you that line of crap has no idea what they're
talking about as it's quite frankly bull ss..!!! Period!
Any professional who's a true experienced professional rarely if ever goes
any where without extra camera bodies including digital or any kind of film
camera. And they take extra hardware because shit happens in the field no
matter who the shooter is and the type of equipment he or she uses.
It's this kind of poppy cock nonsense about Leica SLR's that comes from
people who've not likely ever done any picture taking than family happy
snaps in their best Sunday go to church clothes.
And certainly never with their ass down with weapons firing overhead and or
sand and or rain and or riding horse back on cattle round-up or shooting
the
winter Olympics... now that's a sweet heart of a weather challenge for any
camera. Or the hundreds of other conditions I've used Leica SLR's and not
have them fail me once. OK once, a G..D... R4 I had to threaten Leica with
national TV news coverage embarrassment if they didn't replace it after it
crapped out several times.
But other than that, they've all worked flawlessly. Including three motor
driven R8's over the past half dozen years.
And when I go on assignments I usually have 3 M7's with Tom Abrahamsson
RapidWinder's and 3 motor driven R8's.. not because I fear they'll quit,
but
because sometimes I use 6 cameras at the same time depending on the
assignment I'm shooting. Then there are others where it's one M7, one lens.
Or one R8, one lens and that's it.
So the next time some jerk head starts giving you the Leica SLR crap just
tell them to stick it in their ear!!!!!!!
ted
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