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

["" <leica-user@ispwest.com>]

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A "SHOCK AND AWE" TECHNIQUE TO ME...GO AHEAD OLD CHAP 
LET THEM KNOW HOW STUPID IT IS TO LISTEN TO YOUR  god ALMIGHTY 
OPINIONS...:-)

RUDDY
And oh by the way, I am surprised at the wonderful support every Leica user gets from 
their fellow user.  My cup runneth over with hyprocisy, not to mention humor.





- ----- Original Message -----
From: Don R.
Sent: 5/3/2003 7:17:44 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 viewfinder upgrade  HOG WASH! ;-)RANT OF THE WEEK????

> I nominate this for the "rant of the week."
> 
> Don R.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 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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