On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I gotta jump in and say "What a load of crap." Leica owners have really > gotten associated with this business of fondling their gear, collecting > cameras rather than using them, and being just a bunch of image-craving > dilettantes. This image goes contrary to the Leica owners I know.
Shel, It's not entirely undeserved I don't think. For example there's a Leica specialist shop in London (UK) who's adverts often appear in the photo press with the tagline "Where the elite meet and greet". I mean, yuk! It's enough to send one scurrying in the direction of Voigtlander. Like you I've met some working photogs with battered Leicas hanging over their shoulders. But then again I've also got a few Christies auction catalogues full of the damn things and I don't think working photogs buy at Christies :-) Chris
