Exactly. For you, they are a tool, one that you use extremely effectively.
They are definitely not fashion accessories.
On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 1:35 PM Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, people like to make fun of Leica owners. Leica owners, not Leica
> users. Some people consider Leicas to be collectible jewelry and put them
> on shelves and wait until the prices go up.
>
> I use my Leicas. They have been dropped from mountains and dunked in
> rivers and they just keep working. I have used Leicas exclusively since
> 1978 except for one terrible year when I had to use digital and Leica had
> not come out with a digital camera. I used Canons. Every time I come
> across one of those files in my catalogs, I moan. They are awful. I can
> tell the difference without even looking at the metadata.
>
> The latest Leicas are not as durable as the early ones. My boat sank in
> Laos and my M10 went underwater. It quit working. I was astonished.
>
> Tina
>
> On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 12:39 PM Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Just to be clear about that video - it was 100% satire, based on
> attitudes
> > and comments from many L**ca owners (our own Tina definitely excluded.)
> >
> > Those were not meant to be taken seriously, at least by the actors saying
> > the lines.
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 11:36 AM Pearce, Wilfred via olympus <
> > olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I couldn't watch all of this. It's the biggest collection of
> egotistical
> > > idiots I 've seen in a long time. I've been shooting since the late
> > > SIXTIES, and I have learned, if nothing else, that it's not the camera
> > that
> > > takes the pictures, it's ME. I have owned several Leica cameras in my
> > life,
> > > and did they make moy photos any better? Nope! This video just confirms
> > two
> > > of my personal rules. Most of us, myself included, want to improve our
> > > photography, and a new camera simply won't do it. Working on our skills
> > > will. There is no magic camera, I wish there were magic things in life,
> > if
> > > there were I could play the Tenor sax like Pete Christlieb and the
> piano
> > > like Ross Tompkins. Not gonna happen. And second, I hate videos. The
> > > beauty of the written word is that it in these sort of situations and
> > > editor is involved, and these videos need to have the dialog tightened
> > and
> > > the ums ans awes removed.
> > >
> > > My favorite, "Is that a Fuji? Oh, I remember when I was a child!" News
> > > flash, jackass, you still are one.
> > >
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> > > behalf of Wayne Shumaker <om3ti@xxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 9:47:26 PM
> > > To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> > > Subject: Re: [OM] Your camera is the best one
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > I made a mistake. Your camera is not the best one unless it is a
> > >
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqaGFVJPJRg
> > >
> > > WayneS
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