Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All good points. More to think about in case I "hit it big." Phil Forrest On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:58:51 -0500 Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > Cheaper to just buy about 10 M4-P's and hire a guy to walk along > behind you. When you ran out of film, he would hand you another, > with whatever lens you wanted on it. > > Some could be loaded with plus x and the others TriX. > > You would hire another guy to step into the air conditioned motor > home to process and scan the negs, so when you got verkllampfed, you > could step inside the air conditioned Motor Home, pick the shot of > the day, and upload it via satellite to the LUG. > > > > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Phil Forrest > <photo.forrest at earthlink.net>wrote: > > > If I were to have won a sizeable chunk of that lottery and had a > > hankering for another digital camera, I would have taken an M4-P, > > along with an M9 and this hypothetical chip, to a genius team of > > engineers and said "Make this M4-P into a digital Plus-X/Tri-X > > shooter. Two settings: Plus-X and Tri-X. No screen. Put the > > selector switch under the bottom plate." Then I would have pushed a > > suitcase full of money towards them. > > > > Phil Forrest > > > > > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 01:15:20 +0000 > > John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > > > > > Probably an hours interest on the balance would pay for all the > > > current Leica line-up - if you can buy it... > > > > > > john > > > ________________________________________ > > > > > > Come on, Bill, think big. If I win the 640 million lottery, I will > > > get a set of S2 with all the lens, and a set of M9/M10 and all > > > their lens. :-) > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Wow, Marty, I get the double whammy. It's every bit as likely to > > > > hit my bag as either of the two local camera stores. Actually, a > > > > B&W Leica M10 is not going to even happen if I hit the 640 > > > > million lottery, as I would get an S2 and all the lenses > > > > instead. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Marty Deveney > > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 5:56 PM > > > > > > > > To: Leica Users Group > > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Hypothetical... M10 B+W.. Would you buy > > > > one? > > > > > > > > I won't need to buy it only if one materialises in my camera > > > > bag. That seems much less likely than it materialising at my > > > > local camera dealer... > > > > > > > > Marty > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Sonny Carter > > > > <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Marty Deveney > > > >> <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> >Would you buy it? > > > >>> > > > >>> Yes. If it materialises, I will buy it. > > > >>> > > > >>> Marty > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> If it materializes, you won't need to buy it! > > > >> > > > >> Regards, > > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > > information > > > > > > > > -- > > philforrest.wordpress.com > > gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- philforrest.wordpress.com gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest