Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > > I find this fight between collectors and users silly. I would submit that many > > of us users are also just a tiny bit collectors. Why do some of us (myself > > included) shoot with LTM Leicas and 60-year old lenses when we also have the > > M6s? Because it is fun and because it is nice to have these old cameras and > > lenses to look at. I am most certainly a user and would never buy any piece of > > equipment if I did not intend to take pictures with it. But once the Leica bug > > bites I think many of us become collectors too to a greater or (in my case) > > lesser extent. > > > > As for the special LHSA M6 that was the original subject of this thread, I say > > all the power to Leica. We all know it is a small company struggling to survive. > > If they can sell several hundred M6s with a 200% margin, then it is good for all > > of us. > > > > Nathan > > > > Nathan, > well said, exactly my sentiments. I believe, there is nothing wrong, to collect and > to use. I have a few M's and also quite a few LSM. I use all of my M's, but I use > them when I know, nothing much can happen to them. They are still in good mechanical > condition, and cosmetically they are also very good. When I want to rough it, then I > take my Pentax Spotmatic. The one with dings and dents. > Of my LSM cameras I use only one. My trusty 3C. the others are in my showcase, > together with all the special accessories I collected over the years. The reason why > I collect this accessories?. because Leitz over the years made a myriad of them. All > where ingeniously made and are of a extremely high quality. 95% of them I don't use. > The other 5%, like the close up devices and the Visoflex I use sometimes. All of my > lenses, new or old, are used sometimes or other. But I still consider them to be > items I collect. If I had the money to buy a special model Leica, Be it a special > edition M6 or an original gold screw mount Leica, then I don't think I would > probably use them. I would consider them as a work of art. to be looked at. > Collecting and using don't necessarily clash with each other. If one is exclusively > a user, then why by a special edition. Just buy the standard version for the > standard price and use it. > > Regards, Horst Schmidt