Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I've got to disagree with Fred Ward when he describes the Dirck >Halstead article "Let's Start By Killing the Leica Collectors" as Dirck didn't write it. He's a journalist and believes in giving all voices a chance to say what they say. He might just want to stir up debate. >gibe at collectors, but found what seemed to me to be a bitter, >hate-filled diatribe. I hope that it represents some form of US "black You are correct. I have emailed with the author of that article, and he is a negative-minded person who thinks that no one has a right to charge a reasonable amount of money for a used camera. He wants a Leica M3 and 50 Summicron for $300? Please! He thinks people have no right to collect if it drives prices up, guess he doesn't understand basic economics. In fact, he used to be a camera store salesperson, who says Leica collectors drove him nuts. And, by the way, he is British. - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Sorry, I don't date outside my species.