[LRflex] Re: Fair Treatment By All, About All

  • From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 19:01:24 -0700

Bob,

Some of us do not have the benefit of a large insurance windfall, but
we have had to work for our money to pay for Leica gear.  In my case
mostly used stuff which is occasionally available.

I enjoy my stuff more if I have to work for it.

In fact, after 50 years of work, and a few years of retirement, I am
going back to work so I can buy a demo/ used R9 und a DMR!

Jerry

"Robert O. SHAW" wrote:

> (this is my first Rant on this forum.  Along with you all, I hope it is my
> only one, ever)
>
> I have met folks who think I'm a demented, obsessive snob for 1) buying
> Leica and 2) Paying Leica prices.
>
> I have met folks who are innocent and clueless but they "rather fancy' my
> Leica stuff when they fondle it and look through the (omigawd!) viewfinder.
>
> Those who have (only for a moment, mind you) borrowed my Leica 8x32
> binoculars have been stunned at the image clarity and high twilight factor.
> They almost passed out when I told them, on being asked politely, what they
> cost.
>
> After 5 years with the 8x32s and a year with my R8.9 kit, it just doesn't
> bother me, any more.
>
> I like my Leica stuff, my photographs have gotten a teeny bit better and I'm
> more aware of gradation (I obsess about the faithful reproduction ANY clouds
> in the background).  I'd say that's an OK hobby/obsession/whatever
>
> Everyone has their little obsession, their little (almost) dark side thing
> they need to offset the insanity of their corporate, municipal or or other
> regimented routine they have to repeat every day.
>
> Some members may be independently wealthy and have every R APO and Telyt
> Lens ever built.  I think that's fine.  Like many of us, it their damned
> money, after all.  Others are struggling to put together enough to buy a 10
> year old R and a serviceable lens.  And they do and join our funny little
> band.
>
> It really doesn't matter, I think.  Those of us on this forum who have laid
> out the euros, dollars, pesos, drachma - whatever - and use Leica R,  derive
> enjoyment from it.  That's why I enjoy this forum.
>
> Those of us who have paid the price know it, know what we had to go through
> to raise the cash (or plastic) to actually buy and then use Leica.  Those
> are the folks I most enjoy and (no suprise here) learn the most from.
>
> In my case my insurance paid me enough (after years of very high premiums I
> might add) to buy the biggest, baddest Canon or Nikon R and lenses - digital
> or film.  And belive me I played with them all.
>
> But what happend was I was already used to Contax R and Zeiss T* glass, and
> when I picked up the funny looking R9 (wow; that's one heavy body...) and
> looked through the finder (wow; that is one bright finder...) it was all
> over.  Done deal.  Nolo Contedre.
>
> Sure, I wish Leica wasn't so damned expensive but we could say that about
> Mercedes, Ferrari, Bentley and First Class on BA.  So what?  Like everything
> else in life; It Is What It Is and it ain't for everybody.
>
> So if those who do not own or use Leica would try to remember that some of
> us (at least in my case) took the plunge and never looked back and don't
> need to, and refrain from criticism from a basis of heresay or some past
> negative experience, that would be Just Grand.
>
> I shall now step down from my high horsie and go outside and work in the
> yard.  Can't really afford a gardener, you see.  Also, I enjoy gardening
> with my wife with whom I spend (willingly) way too much money on specimen
> plants, trees, equipment, monster rocks (yes, lovey, rocks)  etc. etc.  My
> neighbors have all nearly passed out when they found out how much we spend
> on our landscaping.
>
> See?  There "they" go, again...
>
> Besides, it coud be crack or booze or......?
>
> Cheers
>
> Bob in Seattle
>
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