Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rapidgrip, now rapidwinder
From: Dante A Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 19:44:31 -0500
References: <3.0.32.20001122001922.006d503c@box4.tin.it>

Robert Appleby ha scritto:

> IMO, Leica are fools for not paying Tom a large amount of money to produce
> his winder (of course, I'm sure Tom also has his reasons to want to
> continue making it!). Here in Italy virtually no-one uses the RW because it
> isn't marked with the red dot. I'd be surprised if there were more than ten
> in the country. If Leica made it, they'd sell thousands.
> I'm delighted with the setup, and I'm sure many others are as well. It
> transforms the camera and makes it infinitely more usable, at least for the
> kind of photography I want to do.
> Rob.

Rob, based on my experience over there, most Italians don't believe that blue
jeans with a zipper fly could possibly be Levi's, even though 95%+ of the
Levi's made and sold here are not 501.  Seems a touch odd.  But then again,
40-year old Ray-Bans and Timberlands are still popular, too (when now they are
10+ years out of fashion in their home country - ok, so Luxottica now owns the
brand, but come now).  No accounting for taste, or why the RW doesn't get any
action from Italy or Leica.

De gustibus non disputandum est (or is that sit, Marc?  Maybe better to leave
it at "suum cuique")

Cheers
Dante

In reply to: Message from Robert Appleby <robert.appleby@tin.it> ([Leica] Rapidgrip, now rapidwinder)