Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] How to manage a camera company?
From: Ruralmopics@aol.com
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 15:06:41 EDT

In a message dated 10/11/99 12:03:51 PM, anthony@atkielski.com writes:

>A Nikon F5 is like a Space Shuttle, with all sorts of features that help
>you to get any picture you want under any conditions.
>
>A Leica M6 is like a perfectly-machined, incredibly sturdy crescent wrench . 
. . 


Interesting comments . . . 

The Space Shuttle is a cargo truck for NASA, which is merely treading water 
with this outdated vehicle. It is hardly something that works under any 
condition. More related to photography, for years Nikon advertised how their 
cameras were the only 35mm cameras chosen for use on the Space Shuttle and 
yet the photos that accompanied the ads always showed a highly modified Nikon 
F -- never an F3, the current offering at the time. 

As for the crescent wrench remark, this is the second time in a week I have 
seen the crescent (actually Crescent, since it's a trademark) offered as some 
sort of standard. Any mechanic will tell you that adjustable wrenches (which 
is, after all, what a Crescent wrench is) are an abomination. If you see your 
mechanic using a Crescent wrench, it's time to find another mechanic. 
Snap-On, Mac, Matco, I'll accept, but Crescent? . . . .

No point really, I just thought these were interesting comparisons.

Bob (Musing about wrenches and rockets) McEowen