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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 3 body Leica M users.... how's the M4-P??
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:41:38 +1000

Helen bought mine, so I call it the camera which is NOT for sale ;-)
On Thursday, Sep 11, 2003, at 04:37 Australia/Melbourne, 
grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote:

>
> Ernie
>
> Well I have that beat, but I cannot put into print what my wife said 
> when
> my M6TTL and 50mm Summicron arrived, Of course that is what she said 
> after
> she calmed down and cooled off for a day or two...  Reminds me of Bill
> Cosby's monologue on his wife having a Conniption Fit...
>
> On the other hand Gabby thought it was cool and said I should give it 
> to
> her...Yeah Right!!!
>
> 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] Re: 3 body Leica M users.... how's the M4-P??
>                       -alto.ca.us
>
>
>                       09/10/2003 11:14 AM
>                       Please respond to
>                       leica-users
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Gene and Jerry
>
>
> one is "Shit load of dough"
>
> another is " Extravagance far beyond Talent"
>
> So named by my wife's first words uttered upon their arrival in the
> house.
>
> Ernie
>
>
> On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 11:49 AM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>
>> Gene
>>
>> I've named mine; M2, M3, M4, und so weiter. Neuartig, nicht wahr?
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>>
>>
>> grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote:
>>
>>> In an effort to lighten up the debate - How many LUG'ers have named
>>> their
>>> Leicas and what are they?
>>>
>>> Gene
>>>
>>>
>>>                       "Christopher Williams"
>>>                       <leicachris@worldnet.att.net        To:
>>> <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>>>>                                   cc:
>>>                       Sent by:                            Subject:
>>> [Leica] Re: 3 body Leica M users.... how's the M4-P??
>>>                       owner-leica-users@mejac.palo
>>>                       -alto.ca.us
>>>
>>>
>>>                       09/09/2003 10:30 PM
>>>                       Please respond to
>>>                       leica-users
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Don,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the input. I'm by no means retiring my M3, it's still my
>>> fav M.
>>> I'd just rather have another M body with a hotshoe when I'm working.
>>> I hate
>>> fecking synch cords! Even the short ones bug the hell out of me on a 
>>> M
>>> camera. The M4-P and M4-2 prices seem quite low.
>>>
>>> I'd say my M3 uses about 100 or so rolls of film per year. Not bad
>>> for a
>>> 40+
>>> year old camera. She's due for a CLA before Xmas.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>> New Orleans
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Don Dory"
>>>
>>>> Chris,
>>>> Use the c*** out of the M3.  I bet you can't wear it out.  My
>>>> original
>>>> MP had heavy press use when I bought it and worked the gears off it:
>>>> hundreds of feet of Tri-x a week for five years.  You will not wear
>>>> out
>>>> an M in your lifetime.  Jim Marshall's M4 took a licking and keeps 
>>>> on
>>>> ticking.
>>>>
>>>> Now if you want a hot shoe, then buy a hot shoe adapter for your M3.
>>>>
>>>> Truly, if you want a Leica to fondle, great, but they really prefer
>>>> to
>>>> get out in the dark and work. They are much happier when the shutter
>>>> gets to play.
>>>>
>>>> Just my two cents.
>>>> As to the M4 whatever, it's an earlier M6 that doesn't use 
>>>> batteries.
>>>> Buy whichever comes your way that has the viewfinder of choice and
>>>> has
>>>> the best price/wear ratio.
>>>>
>>>> Don
>>>> dorysrus@mindspring.
>>>
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