Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/01

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Subject: Re: Re:[Leica] The Leica Mystique
From: "claire" <clairetm@singnet.com.sg>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 01:24:21 +0800

Dear Bob,

so sorry... can I have a full text e-mail copy of this "Leica Mistique " ? I
know U guys were talking about this earlier... I missed it.....

Hope its not too much of a bother to U.

Many thanks in advance...

TMLee , Singapore


>When I got bitten by the Leica-bug, I remembered this article- dug it out,
>re-read it, and promptly went and bought my first Leica; an M4-P. This was
>only about a year and some months ago. Now I have an M6, 35 non ASPH
>Summilux, 90 Tele-Elmarit, some Canon screwmounts with adapters (the 50/1,4
>is WONDERFUL), and some 'R' lenses for my Canon EOS- BEWARE ALL, THE
>LEICA-BUG FEEDS FEARSOMELY HARD AND DEEP!!!!!
>
>:)
>
>Bob Keene
>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:43:33 -0700
>>From: "Bill Larsen" <ohlen@lightspeed.net>
>>Subject: Re: [Leica] The Leica Mystique
>>
>>Bud,
>>
>>Thank you very much for the full text of the Leica Mystique.  The 16,000
>>characters in the essay are, after the Declaration of Independence, the
>>Preamble to the Constitution, and the Gettysburg address, one of the best
and
>>most concise and inclusive documents that I have read.  He has conveyed
the
>>message contained in all of the books I have read regarding Leica and the
>>"Leica way of viewing the world."
>>
>>I am not sure that I will ever again have anything to add to the LUG
regarding
>>the use of a rangefinder Leica.
>>
>>Regards, Bill Larsen
>>ohlen@lightspeed.net
>>larsplan@lightspeed.net
>
>