[Leica] The thing

[sam at osheaven.net (Sam)]

Oh, you're Jay.

Hello.

Sam S


Leicajay@aol.com wrote:

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>Whew!  It's a huge load off my shoulders knowing I'm not the most pompous 
>individual on this forum.
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>As to the items Doug innumerated, here's the reality of it:
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>1. I do not love, or even like Canon EOS equipment.  I like classic, manual 
>gear with nice heavy metal bodies.  I like Image Stabilizer lenses for wildlife 
>photography and that's the sole reason I sold my F5 and F100  and switched to 
>EOS gear:  a 1D, a D60 and a Rebel Ti for the off-chance I might want to 
>shoot a roll of film with it.  I only use the Canon's for wildlife, period.
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>2. For 35mm reflex photography I have a full set of Nikkor lenses and 3 very 
>nice Photomic FTn's.  
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>3. I did not *break* 10 R bodies, they all malfunctioned to one extent.   I 
>owned 2 SL
>s and never had a moment's trouble with either of them.  I don't have the 
>need for two sets of manual-focus SLRs, and since my photography rarely has me 
>shooting at maximum apertures there was not enough disparity between the 
>results. 
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>4. I think the LHSA is great, I'm glad it exists.  I was a member a number of 
>years back, went to a couple of meets.   I found that the members were a 
>generation older than I and felt out of place.  I'm catching up with them though, 
>will probably rejoin in another 5 years or so.
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>5. I do not have any interest in taking my time scanning and uploading my 
>photography to the internet, but I fully admit that I am not a great photographer 
>and have a lot to learn in that respect.  However I know what I know one heck 
>of a lot about photographic equipment, just as I know a heck of a lot about 
>cars though I've never driven the Indy 500, and I know a heck of a lot about 
>astronomy though I've never flown in space, and a heck of a lot about 
>Shakespeare though I've never been on stage.  If someone bases their assessment of my 
>credibility on their opinion of my photography that is an unfortunate fallacy in 
>their reasoning which I am prepared to live with.
>
>6.  I don't know much about chipmunks, but if I do, now I know whom to ask.
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