Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Saturday we worked with some young film maker on a short movie in one of Atlanta's parks to shoot some still photos. I talked with some people that walked by and had my M6 around my neck. One of the guys looked at my camera and said that he hasn't seen a Leica in years. He asked me if I would knew the history of Leica? I was delighted to meet somebody that supposedly knew something about Leica and said that I know few things about Leica's history but I am always eager to learn new things. Then he lifted his voice and declared: Before WW II Leica used to be the camera of choice for professional photographer but in 1960 they made a big mistake and build a reflex camera. Since then Nikon is ruling in the camera world and nobody is buying Leica anymore. I said: Is that so? and smiled. His wife got my message and grabbed him embarrassed at his arm and left. I just wonder why people make stupid statements like that? "Just tell me what the subject is and I fined the envelope with the answer", or if you can't impress them with the facts, try to baffle them with BS! You never stop learning. Jörg