The ugliest Leica M7 you'll ever lay eyes upon

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"nathantw" wrote:

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Looks good to me. I have two that look just like that.

nathantw wrote:
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Ah...
The typical Leica "user"...who is more concerned about how nice it
looks...than whether one can actually capture images with it.



Now to all of you REAL Leica **users**...you can disregard this post.
But lets face it, folks.
-The ratio of Leicas that are actually used...compared with those that are
merely "worn" isn't all too positive.
Its a shame, too, because they really are nice pieces of equipment. It just
strikes me as funny how many comments about them have to do with their
color...their leather...their emblem...etc.

There are other examples of this phenomenon, though...so Leica doesn't have
a corner on this...
Example:
I have a Sony laptop (something I never imagined wanting to own due to their
irritating business practices and horrid customer service) and the Sony
forum (at notebookreview.com) has a high ratio of people who spend a good
deal of effort talking about how to get the preferred "color" this, and the
preferred "casing visual effect" that...none of which has anything whatever
to do with the technical capabilities of the units!
The funny thing is...the Sony SZ Premium notebook series is one amazing
machine, with huge and unique power to suit my purposes like no other laptop
on the market. -It's just that a lot of Sony buyers don't seem to care
about that for actual use. They are too busy comparing (literally!) how
much attention it gets them at Starbucks. -They actually POST about this!!


Methinks there are a lot of Sony notebook buyers with Leicas around their
necks...but no film.
Do I paint a grim picture...or do I exaggerate?

-Mark²

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Mark² wrote:
nathantw wrote:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...Fencoding=UTF8

Ah...
The typical Leica "user"...who is more concerned about how nice it
looks...than whether one can actually capture images with it.



Now to all of you REAL Leica **users**...you can disregard this post.
But lets face it, folks.
-The ratio of Leicas that are actually used...compared with those that are
merely "worn" isn't all too positive.
Its a shame, too, because they really are nice pieces of equipment. It just
strikes me as funny how many comments about them have to do with their
color...their leather...their emblem...etc.

There are other examples of this phenomenon, though...so Leica doesn't have
a corner on this...
Example:
I have a Sony laptop (something I never imagined wanting to own due to their
irritating business practices and horrid customer service) and the Sony
forum (at notebookreview.com) has a high ratio of people who spend a good
deal of effort talking about how to get the preferred "color" this, and the
preferred "casing visual effect" that...none of which has anything whatever
to do with the technical capabilities of the units!
The funny thing is...the Sony SZ Premium notebook series is one amazing
machine, with huge and unique power to suit my purposes like no other laptop
on the market. -It's just that a lot of Sony buyers don't seem to care
about that for actual use. They are too busy comparing (literally!) how
much attention it gets them at Starbucks. -They actually POST about this!!


Methinks there are a lot of Sony notebook buyers with Leicas around their
necks...but no film.
Do I paint a grim picture...or do I exaggerate?

Let's see: My M6 is covered with gaffers tape, so that no magic names or
red dots are showing. Result: Looks like some old camera held together
by tape (very nonthreatening).

On the trek I just came back from, putting the 90mm lens back in the hip
belt, I missed and the 90mm took a nose dive from waist height onto a
concrete sidewalk, landing on the capped rubber shade. No apparent
damage at all (apart from a slightly mangled lens cap), though I might
get the centering checked...

Chris Loffredo wrote:
Mark² wrote:
nathantw wrote:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...Fencoding=UTF8

Ah...
The typical Leica "user"...who is more concerned about how nice it
looks...than whether one can actually capture images with it.



Now to all of you REAL Leica **users**...you can disregard this post.
But lets face it, folks.
-The ratio of Leicas that are actually used...compared with those
that are merely "worn" isn't all too positive.
Its a shame, too, because they really are nice pieces of equipment. It
just strikes me as funny how many comments about them have to do
with their color...their leather...their emblem...etc.

There are other examples of this phenomenon, though...so Leica
doesn't have a corner on this...
Example:
I have a Sony laptop (something I never imagined wanting to own due
to their irritating business practices and horrid customer service)
and the Sony forum (at notebookreview.com) has a high ratio of
people who spend a good deal of effort talking about how to get the
preferred "color" this, and the preferred "casing visual effect"
that...none of which has anything whatever to do with the technical
capabilities of the units! The funny thing is...the Sony SZ Premium
notebook series is one
amazing machine, with huge and unique power to suit my purposes like
no other laptop on the market. -It's just that a lot of Sony buyers
don't seem to care about that for actual use. They are too busy
comparing (literally!) how much attention it gets them at Starbucks.
-They actually POST about this!!

Methinks there are a lot of Sony notebook buyers with Leicas around
their necks...but no film.
Do I paint a grim picture...or do I exaggerate?

Let's see: My M6 is covered with gaffers tape, so that no magic names
or red dots are showing. Result: Looks like some old camera held
together by tape (very nonthreatening).

On the trek I just came back from, putting the 90mm lens back in the
hip belt, I missed and the 90mm took a nose dive from waist height
onto a concrete sidewalk, landing on the capped rubber shade. No
apparent damage at all (apart from a slightly mangled lens cap),
though I might get the centering checked...

Atta-boy!!!!
As I said near the top..."Now to all of you REAL Leica **users**...you can
disregard this post."


--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

Let's see: My M6 is covered with gaffers tape, so that no magic names or
red dots are showing. Result: Looks like some old camera held together
by tape (very nonthreatening).

Hmm, why don't you just get a FED or Zorki badge to glue over the top, and
preferably gold plate the camera and claim it was a 1931 Olympics special
edition?


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"Peter Chant" wrote in message
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Let's see: My M6 is covered with gaffers tape, so that no magic names or
red dots are showing. Result: Looks like some old camera held together
by tape (very nonthreatening).

Hmm, why don't you just get a FED or Zorki badge to glue over the top,
and
preferably gold plate the camera and claim it was a 1931 Olympics special
edition?

Reminds me of the guy who owned a bike shop in the Palo Alto area of
California. He had a very nice hand made frame bike, but he painted it with
khaki colored paint, applied by hand with a cheap brush, so it looked like a
cheap Schwinn.....That way, it's chances of being stolen were markedly
diminished......

William Graham wrote:
"Peter Chant" wrote in message
...

Let's see: My M6 is covered with gaffers tape, so that no magic
names or red dots are showing. Result: Looks like some old camera
held together by tape (very nonthreatening).

Hmm, why don't you just get a FED or Zorki badge to glue over the
top, and
preferably gold plate the camera and claim it was a 1931 Olympics
special edition?

Reminds me of the guy who owned a bike shop in the Palo Alto area of
California. He had a very nice hand made frame bike, but he painted
it with khaki colored paint, applied by hand with a cheap brush, so
it looked like a cheap Schwinn.....That way, it's chances of being
stolen were markedly diminished......

I love it!
-Sign of a real user/non-poser.

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Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

Atta-boy!!!!
As I said near the top..."Now to all of you REAL Leica **users**...you can
disregard this post."


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Define "real" in this context. Maybe the "real" Leica user is as you
describe ;()

Jeroen Wenting wrote:
Atta-boy!!!!
As I said near the top..."Now to all of you REAL Leica
**users**...you can disregard this post."


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Define "real" in this context. Maybe the "real" Leica user is as you
describe ;()

Real, as in, "those who actually use them as photography tools."

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Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson