to be honest Boris, in contradiction with my former "cri de coeur", I'm with you. It was more a form of, what we in the netherlands call, "satire", a kind of humor. Came to me because it was all *Ist D on the list today. (That's okay, ofcourse, because you guys want to write about the new toy!) I'm very happy with my MX, MZ-5, and lenses. I'm not a great photographer, and spending about 1700 euroos on a camera body wouldn't make sense for me. So, like you, happy without :-)
Regards, Hans B. mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: zondag 28 september 2003 20:24 Aan: Hans Beumer Onderwerp: Re: I haven't got *Ist D Hi! Neither have I. But I also don't really want one. I am pretty much happy with my ZX-L, several lenses, ME Super seemingly permanently in repairs and one film a week that I try to shoot. When *ist D would cost $500 it may be worth thinking of, at least for me. Meanwhile I am going to enjoy reading reports of William Robb, Leon Altoff and other "digital brothers". Hopefully I would learn a thing or two since they are bound to be discussing some aspects of technique that would be applicable to simple-filmed people, such as you and me. Don't hang your nose just yet (this is Russian saying, no offence meant). Boris (the one _happily_ without)

