Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Backup camera or more Leica glass?
From: 4season <4season@boulder.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 22:13:24 -0600

Joel House wrote:
> 
> What would you prefer to have? A backup Leica camera or more Leica lenses? I
> have an M6 and an M4-P. I could use a couple of lenses, but I can't really
> afford to buy any unless I sell the M4-p. During my professional days I
> would have never considered shooting without a backup body.
> 
> What would you do?
> 

I'd win the lottery, so that I could have my cake and eat it too!

For my everyday, personal stuff, I decided to go with glass first,
backup bodies second. For now, I at least can pack a Minox 35 to use if
all else fails; it also makes a surprisingly good 35mm lens in it's own
right.

Jeff