Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/20

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Subject: [Leica] End of an Era
From: rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Wed Apr 20 05:45:59 2005
References: <a06001001be8ba25a74cc@gpsy.com> <000701c5459b$e8cb4450$6401a8c0@dorysrusp4>
 
>Back then you could get new Nikon, Canon, or very clean used Leica for
>almost nothing.  Things like a 35 F2 for $15.

Don,
WOW! This way I could afford a whole M-lens lineup (and a second one as 
backup)...

>The older generation of collectors is passing on...

If the effect is a pricedrop for used Leicas, I do not really regret...

>...and the new generation is looking at other things than classic cameras.

Maybe, today there are less classic camera collectors and shooters than 
there were in the past.

But I notice a growing interest in classic creative techniques (photo, 
illustration, design, music) amongst our students at the Lucerne School of 
Art+Design. They're overdosed from overfeatured digital tools. When I teach 
them interactive design, in the intervalls they don't ask me about Flash or 
DHTML, but "show me your Leica in your pocket, please"...
Didier
In reply to: Message from mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura) ([Leica] End of an Era, Tak of Mac Camera Retires)
Message from dorysrus at mindspring.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] End of an Era, Tak of Mac Camera Retires)