Huss
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Beautifully said! My eyeglasses are molded plastic progressive lenses, cost 700 bucks for a pair with not fancy frames. Plastic Holgites and Leicanutz Unite!
Now I know why you're selling everything
yes, and I have met people who use hasselblads and rollieflexes and ebony's as status symbols too. haven't you ?Have YOU ever met a person who uses his Leica as a status symbol?
Unless it is satire, in which case I applaud you, I think your post is an object lesson for why some people find some Leica users insufferable.The Leica owners I know here at home and ones I have met in Poland, Greece, and Havana were busy taking pictures. We would say hi to each other, and they would look at my M2, but then we would both go back to doing what we were working on before. They were too busy to play pretension games. This sounds like the Leica cliche that you hear from the jealous frauds on the infamous DPreview (the rich dentist crap).
When I was working in the camera store, we would get a few of those types. And there were a few who while not wearing it as a status symbol, couldn't shut up about the fact that they had a Leica and took pictures with a Leica. It's a very good camera, it does what it is intended to do in the way it was intended. But it isn't the second coming of Jesus.Have YOU ever met a person who uses his Leica as a status symbol? The Leica owners I know here at home and ones I have met in Poland, Greece, and Havana were busy taking pictures. We would say hi to each other, and they would look at my M2, but then we would both go back to doing what we were working on before. They were too busy to play pretension games. This sounds like the Leica cliche that you hear from the jealous frauds on the infamous DPreview (the rich dentist crap).
I don't think the R-series draws nearly as much attention, because they were never as popular or as distinctive as the M series. You can pick up an R-series body for (relatively) very little money these days - what will kill you is trying to get lenses for it because they're really popular for adapting to digital cameras.Ok, interesting thread. I've always thoughts it would be nice to own one, but as this is a hobby, I don't have the funds.
What I want to know, is the R series looked at with the same level of, well, division?
Yeah! I've been having a look recently. A reasonable R5 can be had for $500.... A 50mm summilux..... yikes!I don't think the R-series draws nearly as much attention, because they were never as popular or as distinctive as the M series. You can pick up an R-series body for (relatively) very little money these days - what will kill you is trying to get lenses for it because they're really popular for adapting to digital cameras.
nah. just get whatever you want and don't worry about internet people who have gear and / or skill envy.Ok, interesting thread. I've always thoughts it would be nice to own one, but as this is a hobby, I don't have the funds.
What I want to know, is the R series looked at with the same level of, well, division?
Great envy? Not really... Skill envy, well that's something elsegear and / or skill envy
Now I know why you're selling everything
I need to flush a bunch of stuff. I'm too lazy. Beautiful M7.Not everything, just the stuff I'm not using! But there is a whole heck a lot of that.
Yup, I'm 'casually' looking for an M3, and every one that I have any interest in sells in a matter of a few days. And even (serviced) double strokes are going for nearly $2K!Good time to sell, prices are up, up, up. Analog stuff is being gobbled up.
I need to flush a bunch of stuff. I'm too lazy. Beautiful M7.Good time to sell, prices are up, up, up. Analog stuff is being gobbled up.
My DS is why I sold my S2.
That is a nice looking camera. Why green leather rather than the standard black covering?
That is a nice looking camera. Why green leather rather than the standard black covering?
Huss, I see that you have 40mm on M3. Is the error too big, you are using whole finder as a frame?
My parents have a Werra rangefinder (East German) with original green/olive leatherette - just a bit darker and drabber than Huss's camera. It's an extremely elegant looking camera. Perhaps the style monsters of Wetzlar will outdo it someday (ducks and runs).
Here's a collector's Werra set (not my picture, my folks only have the basic camera and the wonderful cap/hood):
Werra 4 by Geoff Harrisson, on Flickr
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