Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica cameras and toy pictures
From: "Henning J. Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 20:50:35 -0700
References: <B56E1F0F.4C07%howard.390@osu.edu>

>Martin Howard wrote:
>
>>  First off, I don't think that it's necessary to justify the purchase of a
>> Leica anymore than the purchase of anything else.  We live in a consumer
>> society.
>
>We do.
>
>> So (and this is where we break from our previously formulated
>>epistemological
>> efforts), how do *you* deal with this?
>
>I own $15,000 in Leica stuff. $10,000 in Hasselblad. $3,000 in assorted other
>cameras. $5,000 in studio light, plus accessories. Oh, and some $3,000 in
>darkroom stuff. What's there to justify? All that money put together still
>won't
>buy you a good car. I take loads of pictures, and that makes me happy. Sorry,
>but that's all there's to it: me and my happiness. The same is true for
>all you
>people, pro or amateur; you own much more than you strictly need. Soothing
>your
>conscience by throwing a dime at the bums, or at children in Guatemala doesn't
>change the fact that we are all egocentric people. Face it and deal with it.
>
>Bernard.

Crude, but completely correct.

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