Re: [Leica] M6 viewfinder upgrade HOG WASH! ;-)RANT OF THE WEEK????

["Don R." <don.ro@verizon.net>]

I nominate this for the "rant of the week."

Don R.
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From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 8:57 PM
Subject: [Leica] M6 viewfinder upgrade HOG WASH! ;-)


> Well lads and lasses,
> This view finder thing is a sheer waste of wonderful picture taking
time!!!!
> Too bad so many of you have nothing better to do with your time than bitch
> about something you have no control over. Well OK you could add some
frosted
> scotch tape as mentioned.
>
> Don't some of guys have anything better to do than whine about the so
called
> horrors of a situation so easily corrected by .... "sell the damn camera
and
> move on with life?"
>
> Whining and bitching about it is like having sex with a condom, one can
> bitch about it or get a blood test and stay happy with a clean partner!
> Problem solved! ;-)
>
> See how easy it can be? Get rid of the Leica you're bitching about, buy
some
> other, use scotch tape. Or finally just use the damn camera and get on
with
> enjoying your photography whether hobby or profession and live with it!
>
> Where the "flare issue" appears to create a problem for some, there are
many
> thousands about the world not on this list, who just get on with their
> picture taking with not one iota of a thought. Oh and by the way, they
shoot
> some incredibly beautiful pictures!
>
> This situation can be very quickly removed merely by adjusting your eye
> position slightly within the viewfinder which I've done since Januray 86
> when I purchased three new outta the box M6's for my work. An upgrade if
you
> like. Did I have a flare problem during all this time until earlier this
> year when I switched to three M7's?  No! Did I see them, yes sometimes.
Did
> I whine? No!
>
> And how many thousands of times have I looked through the viewfinders and
> how many rolls of film do you imagine I went through? Quite frankly...
> uncountable! Did I whine and carry on like some of you folks?  Nope not
> once, damn I was way to busy shooting assignments about the world to carry
> on like some of you.
>
> And if it were as bad as you go on, hell I'd have dumped the camera in a
> heart beat! Our lives as working professionals is tough enough without
> having to put up with malfunctioning camera equipment..... Particularly
the
> view finder where we see the life's blood of what we are motivated by.
>
> Sure once in awhile there was a touch of flare, got rid of it immediately
by
> slight move of the eye and went right on shooting. Have you seen me on
this
> list whining and carrying on with what appears a complete waste of ones
life
> when we're here for only a short time of picture taking?  My God all you
> flare whiners get a life and go take pictures! Or as I said... sell the
damn
> camera and buy a point and shoot! Anybodies as long as you stop whining!
>
> Actually all the negative comments here are truly a waste of time because
> it's blown off by Leica in any event regardless of what some of you may
> think, that "this list is the voice of Leica users and dissenter of the
> world!"
>
> Ththththatttt's all folks~! Have a great weekend what's left, flare free!
> ;-)
> ted
>
>
>
>
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