Re: [Leica] Re: bricks

["Bud Cook" <budcook@attglobal.net>]

Thanks for the kind remarks.   I personally don't have much interest in
lizard covered, gold plated cameras but I really appreciate the wonderful
quality of old Leitz gadgets.

If I collected Leitz stuff, I probably wouldn't be interested in anything
after the M4 or SL/2.

BTW, I once owned a Leica IIc with Leicavit and it was every bit a work of
art to me.

Best Regards,
Bud

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 8:34 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: bricks


> > Bud
>
> Let me preface this somewhat over the top response by saying that it is
> specifically NOT aimed at Bud, who I have always believed to be a scholar,
> gentleman, and PHOTOGRAPHER......
>
>
>
>
> Well, think about it for a minute....I'm not big on Hummel, but Hummel
> figurines are works of art, each representing the talents and imagination
of
> an individual craftsperson, artisan, what have you.
>
> Leicas, guys, are things, tools. And while owning say a half-dozen
selected
> Leicas, as part of a camera collection, might show the important changes
> over time in the design of this iconic rangefinder, what the heck is the
> point of being able to say "I own M4p2XYZ #245657, which was made after
> lunch in Wetzlar on 21 January, 1976?" BFD....
>
> Buy em! But USE 'EM!!!! They are modern cameras. For taking pictures. You
> know, photographs? :-)
>
> B.een having a hard couple D.ays!
>
>