RE: [Leica]What do you think of that? Not much!

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Jealous that I can't buy one of 400 mechanical objects that was cranked off
an assembly line? Get serious. Jealous that I can't afford to spend a
similar amount of money on a truly beautiful rare thing, such as a work of
art or a handcrafted object of some sort. Or an original print of a
photograph by a great photographer whose work I admire? Perhaps.

And why question the motives of collectors? We seem to question and discuss
just about everything here. And, though I know many LUGers disagree with me,
I am absolutely convinced that the collectors, by paying rediculous prices
to skim off the Leica cream, drive up the price of milk for the rest of
us...



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> Dan Cardish
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 9:09 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica]What do you think of that? Not much!
>
>
> Or maybe the buyer just loves to own beautiful rare things?
> Why question
> the motives of a collector?  Why do people collect postage
> stamps?  Why do
> people collect coins?  Why not cameras?  I'm not a collector, but I
> certainly don't begrudge (sp?) them their rights to collect
> things.  It
> would be a shame if someone bought this MP to use.  There are
> plenty of
> good useable, "ordinary" Leicas out there for people to take
> pictures with.
>  Save the MPs for the collectors.  There are only 400 or so
> of them, so why
> are the LUGers worried?  Is it because deep down inside they
> feel what the
> collectors feel, and are envious and/or jealous that they
> can't get them?
>
> Personally, I have no desire to use an MP, to me it's just some weird
> footnote in Leica M production statistics.  My current
> production model M6
> is just fine.  If you want something like the MP to use, get
> a 'cheap' user
> M3 with Tom's Rapidwinder.  It will take just as nice a photo as the
> $20,000 MP.  Just keep the MPs where they belong.
>
> Just venting a bit.  ;-)
>
> Dan C.
>
> At 01:42 PM 30-11-99 -0000, B. D. Colen wrote:
> >Glad to see someone finally said this is plain English.
> >
> >The only way buying a camera like this makes "sense" is if you are a
> >dedicated camera collector who has the resources to be able
> to take $22,000
> >and bury it in a tin can in the backyard and not loose sleep
> over the fact
> >that your money isn't making money.
> >
> >B. D.
>
>
> NO ARCHIVE
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