Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Dan, >Now why would you ever want to eliminate those beautiful marks of use?? >My cameras are all scratched up. Like me, they have been overworked, >underappreciated, battered, sometimes ignored, often let go beyond >checkup time. Really, trust me, the scratches help the camera make >better pictures! Well, okay, the reality is that when you get so >excited with what you are shooting that you don't care what happens to >the camera, the camera starts shooting better pictures. I'm sure it >must be something metaphysical. > >Beautiful, mint Leicas are dead Leicas. > >Scratch yours. Go on. It'll be good for your pictures. > >Donal Philby Hey Donal!! That's the best piece of advice I've heard so far. Recently, I've been seeing so many of them here (mint and owned but hardly used) that a sickly feeling has started to well up in my throat. Your anology of death finally gives a name to my sickness. - --adisoon > > >