Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The bottom line is that most PEOPLE don't know that Leica ever existed, or exists. Since at least the 1970s Leica has been a boutique brand in a WalMart world..... -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of grduprey@rockwellcollins.com Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:21 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica sighting in Chicago Interesting, most Germans I have met had no idea that Leica even existed. Gene |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> | | Elaine -HFB- Ashton <elaine@chaos.wustl.edu> | | | Sent by: | | | lug-bounces+grduprey=rockwellcollins.com@leic| | | a-users.org | | | | | | | | | 05/05/2004 02:28 AM | | | Please respond to Leica Users Group | | | | |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> >----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------| | | | To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> | | cc: | | Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica sighting in Chicago | >----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------| leo wesson [leowesson@charter.net] quoth: *>When I was in London last week I saw 0 leicas, about 4 film cameras and *>a bunch of digitals. I did have one guy who came up to me and said he *>had a Rollei (in his case). He was facinated with my m7. I let him *>play with it. Maybe he will catch the bug! :) Somehow I always seem to get Germans coming up to me and asking me, in German, if I am German since obviously I have fine taste in the best German workmanship. Fortunately I speak German, but it has happened so many times that I'm starting to wonder if Germanay only sells Leica cameras. e. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information