[Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use

[photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest)]

Willoughby's in NYC looks like a jewelery store. I went in looking to
try out a 50mm Summarit (new) and I couldn't get the time of day from
them until I showed them I had an M9 with a suite of Leica lenses. Then
they paid attention to me for a bit but when I said I wanted the
Summarit and not an ASPH Summilux the salesman kind of discounted me so
I left.

Phil Forrest



On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:56:47 -0800
"jon.streeter" <jon.streeter at cox.net> wrote:

> The Leica store in Pasadena did look like a jewelry store, now that I
> think about. 
> 
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
> 
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use
> Date: Sun, Dec 2, 2012 11:58 pm
> 
> 
> My Leicas I got from camera world in Portland or B&H in NY or one
> lens from Glazers in Seattle. All look like camera stores and not the
> slightest bit like jewelry stores. Where does stuff like this come
> from I wonder? If ones approach to Leica is so intensely negative why
> involve yourself with it or be on a Leica list?
> 
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photography
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
> 
> 
> > From: Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:24:35 -0600
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use
> > 
> > AS someone who has been a professional since the early seventies, I
> > can tell
> > 
> you that film Leicas were always the very most expensive, and always
> sold in
> > 
> stores that resembled jewelry stores. This business isn't news. There
> may
> > 
> have been a time when Leicas were affordable to pros, but that time
> was the
> > 
> forties and fifties.
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: jon.streeter
> 
> 
> 
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