Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was asked a few days go "Where's the screen?" on my M6. Wendy On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote: > The Leica myth lives on. > At a camera fleamarket in Horley (near Gatwick Airport in the UK) a few > years ago, one of the stallholders swore blind that Leicas had always been > made in East Germany by the same company that made Praktica cameras after > we > got into conversation when he saw my M6. > > Cheers > Douglas > > > > > On 03.03.2010 13:52, rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com wrote: > >> That's been my experience, too. In all the years I've carried Leicas the >> only comment received was from an elderly gentleman at Niagara on the >> Lake, >> Canada. Certainly in Ohio, where I live, Leica knowledge is very limited. >> Not sure there is currently even an authorized dealer in the State. >> Midwest >> Photo and Cord no longer carried them last time I checked. >> Rob >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sonny Carter<sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:28:49 >> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica m9 sighting at Union Square tonight >> >> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Philip Forrest >> <photo.forrest at earthlink.net>wrote: >> >> >> >>> I'm replacing my red dot with a black dot. >>> >>> >>> >> >> Nobody in Natchitoches knows or cares what a Leica is. Sonny is just the >> guy who always has a camera. >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >