Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"B. D. Colen" wrote: > > > > Whatever your attitude to how the gear that you use looks, would > > > anybody actually pay more for ugly gear? ><Snip> > If anyone ever wondered if "the medium is the message," the answer sits > above... > > I realize I'm being insulting, but this is one of the more bizarre things > I've ever read on this list...Not liking the way brassing looks, but saying > that one would actually pay a premium to get a camera that was beaten > up...Jim Marshall's cameras look the way they do because he has beaten the > hell out of them over the years TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS...Intentionally buying a ><Snip> It's like proudly wearing someone elses battle medals and battle scars! Mark Rabiner the kinds which peel off of course like the tatoo's of ships.