Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bought an SX70 for my company to record cargo discrepancies - but by the 80s - it was already difficult to buy the film packs for this model - we scrapped the camera after that Joseph -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: Tuesday, 30 December, 2008 5:05 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace Few people really ever owned a Polaroid. I'd like to see the stats on how much Polaroid photography was done by amateurs vs. Leica. Mark William Rabiner > From: Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@san.rr.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:50:32 -0800 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace > > Larry and Rei, > > No! They would not prepare the same sort of EULOGY, because Polaroid > had far more influence on > the hoi-poloi than did Leica. Most people have never heard of Leitz/Leica. > > They will die "not with a bang, but a whimper". > > Jerry > > > Rei Shinozuka wrote: >> another one of the nifty fifty bites the dust: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nifty_Fifty >> >> >> On Dec28 10:44, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >> >>> Read the lyrical and nostalgic account of the passing of Polaroid in >>> today's New York Times. >>> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/weekinreview/28kimmelman.html?hp >>> >>> I wonder if some editorial writer is preparing the same sort of elegy >>> for Leica? >>> >>> Larry Z >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information