Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/13

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Subject: [Leica] Why do we do it ?
From: leica_korenman at hotmail.com (eric)
Date: Sat Nov 13 11:35:15 2004
References: <429B89BA414C264A93A2407056F9B93213C7BF@jughead.TheHearth.local> <41965D7F.B756EE27@earthlink.net>

ack - me too. Keep thinking I'll sell my 35 asph 'lux to swap to a 4th gen 
35 'cron..

Eric

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Gandy" <leicanikon@earthlink.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Why do we do it ?


> why?
>
> because "the latest, newer, sharper, better lenses" not only improve our 
> photographs, but they also improve our quality of life and make us better 
> human beings, not to mention making us more admired by our fellow 
> earthlings.
>
> Stephen Gandy
>
> Dan Colucci wrote:
>
>> We convince ourselves we need to have the lastest APO, ASPH Super 
>> Noctiluxor Lens at $ 5,000 ?  Why ?
>>
>> I do it...I started with a  Leica CL and 40/2 + 90/4 to see what all this 
>> Leica stuff is about....then I needed an M6 'cause the CL  *MAY* not 
>> provide accurate focusing on fast lenses...then I needed the latest 50 
>> summicron....then I had to try the Dual Range Summi 'cause everyone raves 
>> about it...THEN, I had to have the latest 90 Elmarit cause it so damn 
>> good....then I needed the 35 summicron 'cause the Bokeh is so 
>> sweet....Then, I realizes I 'm not a RF guy - I'm an SLR guy....so, I 
>> bought an R3 and SL....then the latest 50 Summi...and the latest 90 
>> Elmarit....... AND yet, I have owned Pentax 67 for 10 years and it really 
>> will provide much *better* pics than any of my Leica lenses 
>> could....sure, the Pentax is huge....but if I am going to take time to 
>> take an interesting photo - might as well bring out the big guns.....
>>
>> I NEED HELP.....DO YOU ?
>>
>> www.antiquecameras.net
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] Film rules! Digital is the a passing fad...Part 67, 723, 419.5095)
In reply to: Message from colucci at thehearth.org (Dan Colucci) ([Leica] Why do we do it ?)
Message from leicanikon at earthlink.net (Stephen Gandy) ([Leica] Why do we do it ?)