Re: [Leica] why buy old stuff? (was "notoriously crappy" lens)

["Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>]

Guy-
 You sound like my kinda person!
Steady on!
Dan ( yes, the ttwwiittcchh will go away in a little bit....) Post

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Bennett" <guy.bennett@wanadoo.fr>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 3:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] why buy old stuff? (was "notoriously crappy" lens)


> >Guy-
> >The simple reason is that each and every Leitz lens has its own
> >charateristics, and if the lens- regardless of age, give you the
rendering
> >of a scene that meets your expectations, then that is why you'd use old
> >stuff! I happily use an Elmar from 1933 simply because I like the way it
> >does portraits! No other lens comes close to giving me the look I want. I
> >don't disparage new stuff- I have the newer Summicron for my M6, but I
still
> >like using the LTMs- simple, basic and they work-
> >sort of like comparing a trip using a car or a bicycle- the car may be
nice,
> >and comfortable- and faster, but by using the bike, you get to learn a
lot
> >about yourself, and you see more of the countryside!
> >So.... That's why!  :o)
> >Dan (An incredibly curmugeonly and cantankerous Old Fart!) Post
>
>
> dan,
>
> my question ('why use old stuff to begin with?') was rhetorical. though i
> have, and use frequently, an m6 with current lenses, i also use a iiif
with
> vintage lenses (the one concession to modernity being the cosina 25). i
> simply like the way it operates and love the results i get from it. that
> said, i'm not going to sell my current leica gear; i use both.
>
> what ho!
>
> guy