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

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Subject: [Leica] End of an Era
From: wrs111445 at yahoo.com (Bill Smith)
Date: Wed Apr 20 05:57:12 2005

 
Gentlemen:
 
When the price of an M-2 or III-G hits rock bottom would someone pls. let me 
know? I'm dying to buy one of these. 
 
Bill

Didier Ludwig <rangefinder@screengang.com> wrote:

>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



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