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Subject: [Leica] Leica m9 sighting at Union Square tonight
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest)
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 02:25:06 -0500
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I'm replacing my red dot with a black dot. 


On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 23:15:06 -0800
Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:

> 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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> 
> 



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