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Subject: [Leica] Leica m9 sighting at Union Square tonight
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 23:15:06 -0800
References: <C7B36EC2.5E9C1%mark@rabinergroup.com> <20100303020459.3e70f435@linux-0ifi.site>

I couldn't stand the red dots so two strips of black tape work really well.

Although in the hike, a whole bunch of photographers were just chitchatting
in the waterfall area. When I got there, a Nikon user says "that's a Leica,
you can smell it a mile away" and then started sniffing :-)



On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Philip Forrest <photo.forrest at 
earthlink.net
> wrote:

> Oh yeah, my friend Sam, a photo student here at Temple U just sold his
> M9 'cause he didn't like it as much as his M4-2 and film.
> Phil Forrest
>
>
> On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:41:22 -0500
> Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
>
> >  A guy with gray curly hair and a black M9.
> > Holding his hand on top of it. A LUG person?
> >
> > It's the first m9 I've ever seen.
> > If I was not crossing the guy in the middle of the street I'd tried to
> > strike up  a conversation. And said something gentlemanly like "give
> > me that camera or I'll bash your head in". Then run.
> > But crime is illegal now in NYC.
> > So I would have to pick form other occupational opportunities.
> >
> > I know I'm  normally a very honest calm person but seven thousand
> > dollars and a  Red Dot  and I really have no idea.
> > And I didn't know they came in black and looked so good.
> >
> >
> > [Rabs]
> > Mark William Rabiner
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
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