! +1 or maybe more apropos with the thread it would have been a lovely hand-crafted latte'
Coffee shot out of nose approximately 9 feet in distance
OP...What kind of engineering study are you working on? My greatest regret in life was not going into aeronautical engineering...would have opened many doors in my aviation career that will unfortunately remain closed.
+1Also, I don't think we were ripping into him, I certainly wasn't. Good natured chiding I thought it was.
Also, I don't think we were ripping into him, I certainly wasn't. Good natured chiding I thought it was.
Sorry people. You see, the truth is I played with my cameras too much in college, and I didn't get my diploma. And paid the price of hard times ever since. So I jumped on him the same as my Mom jumped on me. But I didn't listen. OK. Thread hidden.
What an insane thread.
A young man who just wants to share the joy of his new (budget) Leica, spends his time justifying it to people who don't even know him but feel compelled to rip him to shreds for his purchase.
Great camera and lens combo! Have fun, study hard, take lots of pictures of you and your friends and family...you will cherish them some day.
The OP said he had used his student loan to buy the camera. That is entirely his business of course, but he offered the information. In the context of the British HE system, university education used to be free until the 1990s and a grant for living costs was provided. As central government decided a greater percentage of the population needed a university degree, a fee system was introduced, initially at £3k per year. The cost is now £9000 pa, and there are moves to uncap the fee which appear inevitable in the next few years. This would mean Oxford and Cambridge, and possibly universities like Exeter, demanding a tuition fee unrecognisable from the current one. My sympathy is always with the student, and their parents as the loan only covers tuition, not accommodation and living costs, the additional loan for which is means tested.
There is obviously much debate around education loans and fees, coming on the heels of "free" higher education. The desirability of using a student loan to purchase materials not directly associated with their university course, depends on whether one sees the loan as a privately managed financial arrangement by independent companies wanting to turn a profit over many years, or as an education "tax", which is the way government present student loans - earn low wages, repay none of the capital, earn a good salary, repay the loan with interest. I offer no opinion on the OP's choice of camera or payment method.
The best news in the whole thread is his university still has a darkroom and enlargers.
OP...What kind of engineering study are you working on? My greatest regret in life was not going into aeronautical engineering...would have opened many doors in my aviation career that will unfortunately remain closed.
Good for you! Life is short... I waited until I was past 50 to buy my first Leica, even though I'd wanted one for almost 30 years, and probably could have afforded one much earlier. Enjoy it; I've gotten a huge amount of satisfaction from my Leicas.
Paul
Mechanical engineering, although my first year covers all basics of engineering so everybody does the same in first year regardless of what type of engineering they chose. I can take civil, electronic, material or mechanical for my next year, I believe i will stick with mechanical and when i get to 4th year i am considering changing university to study aerospace engineering, aviation is something i always dreamed about having a career in as a kid, but i kind of gave up after a while as i thought it was unrealistic; yet here i am now with the chance to have a dream career and have been offered a high job in the RAF (Royal Air Force) immediately when i complete my course, and the RAF will give me 4k a year until whilst im at uni. Think im going to keep my options open though and see what i want to do in a few years time.
You'd have to shoot me first.after which you will be inducted into the inner circle of leicaphilia.
Methinks APUGuser19 is a contankerous old dude having some tongue in cheek fun with you. Either that or he's senile, in which case, ignore him and he'll eventually forget all about this discussion.
I applaud your discrimination and taste in buying your Leica outfit, but must say that you dropped the ball: if you really knew what you're doing, as opposed to being a naîve youngster, you'd have bought an M4, which those of us who know know is the "best Leica ever." You will eventually learn this, sell your M6 (the proto-typical "dentist leica") and buy an M4, after which you will be inducted into the inner circle of leicaphilia.
Now go do your homework and have some respect for your elders!
Sorry people. You see, the truth is I played with my cameras too much in college, and I didn't get my diploma. And paid the price of hard times ever since. ...
You had a shoe box? We used to dream of having a shoe box. We used a paper bag and grandpa telling us what the picture would have looked like.A Leica? Luxury.
Back when I was a lad all we had was an old shoebox and a maple leaf for film. We'd expose the leaf for 27 hours a day to get an image. And we were proud of it!
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There you go then... but to be fair, since your parents do support you, perhaps it's best if you fess up your camera purchase. I say that because I am a parent of 3 college students. Bills are ungodly hard on my budget. I pay as much as I can but if one of the boys uses his resources for one of his passions instead of the next quarter's books, I'd prefer that he tells me about it. I love my sons and want the best for them. If one of them wants to pursue something costly, well Ok. I'll support him but really appreciate his transparency.Pretty much all of the loan money I get here is for my course and flat, my parents are well off enough that the government give me the least amount of money possible, which is fair, my parents ensure i have money for living but i still work when i can, for my leica i sold many the cameras i have collected over the last two years.
And regarding the last comment, that is exactly what i do, Bmx and Photography are my life, they go hand in hand also which is great. I moved to south England in september, before that i lived in one of the worst towns in Britain; now im here, ive got great friends, great views and great places to ride my bike and take pictures.
Because you're older than me you can tell me what to do and not share my opinion back? I'm averaging a 1st in my degree thank you very much, I'll do what I want with my spare time.
But thanks for belittling my hobbies as well as my post which I took time out of my day to write.
The boy is studying engineering. Didn't say what kind, but he's got a mind to make something of himself. I was impressed at the boy, not the camera. One day soon he can have umpty-leven of them. And he'll be 59 before the next bolt of lightning.
Apologies to the other readers and posters for any trite or contrary opinions of mine. I saw a story about a college kid misappropriating his college funds for extravagant gadgets beyond his means, with a self-styled handle with that notorious trio of numbers. Something seemed amiss. This internet technology brings in things that I'm not at all sure are what I need to be seeing. I hope the kid gets his diploma. You've got to keep your eye on the prize. A college kid needs to look at it as if he is in jail on a 4-7 year sentence. "Good behavior" gets you out with your walking papers. No diploma means the rest of your life as a sentence.
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