Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Emanuel sed: >If one can afford college tuition in the USA, one likely has the means to buy a used >M camera, at least. By the time I got to sophomore year in Boston in 1980, I was on >my second M camera (an M5, after my M3 was stolen). Part-time after school jobs and >slightly reduced attendance at keg and quaalude parties helped pay the tab, and I >never regretted it. not true at all -- i, for one, went to college for free (on tag and pell grants) and lived on less than $5,000 a year my entire college life. for one auspicious year i was living in a large walk-in closet (it was one of the coolest rooms i ever had actually and the rent was a lovely $90 a month). i took my first college photo classes using a petri 7s rangefinder my dad bought in vietnam. obviously, ANY spare cash had to go for beer and film rather than on 50mm leica finders. kc - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html