Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]MArc- I was just curious. I have always been fascinated with the idea of sitting and talking to someone who had revolutionary ideas. I will always regret that I never had the chance to see Albert Einstein at the donut shop he frequented in Princeton, and over a cruller and a cup of coffee, talk to him as one person to another. Or I would have loved to sit talking to Albert Camus over a fine Bourdeaux, not about philosophy, but things in general. Have you ever wondered what it might have been like to sit over a schnapps with Oskar Barnack, or Ernst Leitz some Sunday safternoon- while the rest of the world looked or listened to a football game, and just 'chew the fat' with them about what they thought about photography, or even life in general? As a Lawyer who deals in facts and the rule of law, you still seem like a hopeless romantic at heart! I was wondering if you ever felt that way? Really ask the people involved why they did things a certain way! Just a passing thought as I sit here looking at the IIIb, the IIIf and M3 in front of me!!! ( I have a Jupiter 12 and a Leicavit on the IIIf, so I can think of some pretty weird ideas, myself!!!) Dan (I think I'll fill my fountain pen, and if I can find the crank for the Model-T, I might go for a ride!) Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica O > At 03:34 PM 10/25/01 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: > >Probably no room....As a former LUGer pointed out to me, in order to > >combine the viewfinder and rangefinder, Leica had to load the IIIG up on > >steroids and morph it into....The M3...So I doubt they could get a meter > >in there....Still a nice camera... > > Well, actually, there are totally different design concepts behind the IIIg > and the M3. The one didn't "morph" into the other -- the IIIg was the > product of a design team committed to Barnack's principles, while the M3 > was the product of a design team inspired by Ernst Leitz. Different > strokes for different folks! > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html