Leicaphilia

[Roger Hicks]

Or an account of Leicas' advantages and disadvantages and why (and how) I've used 'em for 40+ years, as an amateur and professionally: http://www.rogerandfrances.com/subsc...icaphilia.html

A couple of links don't work (articles not up yet) and there are a few minor changes needed, but the webmaster is aware of these.

Cheers,

R.

[Chris101]

By the title, I was thinking this would be about something kinky I could do with my camera. Instead it is a thoroughly enjoyable article. We RFF denizens knew all that, but it's a fun read none-the-less.

[Roger Hicks]

Dear Chris,

First trannies and now this...

Thanks for the kind words.

Cheers,

R.

[Uwe_Nds]

Roger,

Thank you! A pleasure to read - as usual.

Cheers,
Uwe

[newspaperguy]

Thanks Roger and Frances...

went right to the print, punch, bind and save files.

[damien.murphy]

Originally Posted by Roger Hicks

First trannies and now this...

I'm just thankful fanny packs have not translated across the atlantic, as hearing of both trannies and fannies in more common usage than I'm accustomed to, would be too much for me

Haven't read the article fully, but it looks like a great place to point friends of the opinion Leica ownership is restricted to collectors and dentists..

Keep up the good work, reading your articles is a pleasure,

Damien

[Krosya]

Interesting read - cant say I agree with everything, but its always fun to see another point of view on the subject of cameras.

[Mr_Flibble]

Interesting read indeed and many good points and arguments, Roger. Thought I felt it started get a bit repetitive towards the haters in the conclusion.

Still a good read for this distracted desk jockey

[John Lawrence]

I enjoyed reading this and couldn't agree more with the underlying message of 'if it suits you and your photography, then use it'.

Also liked the passage about CLAs. Reminded me of one repairer who was infamous for never taking apart any of the cameras he got in for a CLA. Instead he would just take a hypo filled with grease and squirt it into the mechanicals prior to returning the camera to its owner. The strange thing was he got very few back, and a good many letters of commendation for the work he had(n't) carried out!

John

[mabelsound]

Thanks, Roger, I really enjoyed that.

[Chris101]

Originally Posted by Roger Hicks

... First trannies and now this...

Thanks for the kind words. ...

What clinched it for me, was that you included a picture of my first love.

A late 1964 Beetle. <3 <3 <3

[Attwo]

Originally Posted by mabelsound

Thanks, Roger, I really enjoyed that.

+1. Quite amusing.

Originally Posted by Chris101

What clinched it for me, was that you included a picture of my first love.

A late 1964 Beetle. <3 <3 <3

A 1967 model according to the plates.

[visiondr]

Roger, it appears that, as a younger man, you tend(ed) to have a penchant for photographing young, pretty girls ;-)
I enjoyed reading the article.

[maggieo]

Roger, none of the illustrations are loading for me and the url for them seem odd and return a 404 error. For instance:

http://www.rogerandfrances.com/subsc...1%203x%20m.jpg

edit: how odd- the page looks fine in Safari, but is a mess in Firefox.

[FrankS]

Originally Posted by visiondr

Roger, it appears that, as a younger man, you tend(ed) to have a penchant for photographing young, pretty girls ;-)
I enjoyed reading the article.

I wasn't going to follow the link, but after this review, I will.

[feenej]

Still a great photo. Car driving into her head does not matter much.

[Water Ouzel]

Originally Posted by Attwo

+1. Quite amusing.




A 1967 model according to the plates.

Now you've gone and complicated things. Or, maybe, VW America dd.

Disambiguating various model years of bugs, for us on this side of the pond, was simplified a bit by (visual) changes in '66 with the "1300" badge on the engine cover, and in '67 with its "Volkswagen" badge on the engine cover. Which is why I'd have guessed '64 or '65 for the bug in the picture.

[ray*j*gun]

Outstanding article Roger even without the pics...which I can't bring up either. I truly enjoy the way you write!

[shadowfox]

A good read, I like the question and answer style of the writing.
But I can't see any pictures. Hopefully it's fixed when the article is published.

[Roger Hicks]

The Beetle is a '64 US-spec, bought second-hand in Bermuda and imported into the UK in '67 or '68.

Dail and I were together for rather over 3 years.

Glad people have been enjoying it. Dunno why the pics won't load for some. Sorry! I'll contact the web-master.

Cheers,

R.

[antiquark]

Originally Posted by Roger Hicks

Glad people have been enjoying it. Dunno why the pics won't load for some. Sorry! I'll contact the web-master.
.

Looks like the image directories have been separated with backslashes '\' instead of forward slashes '/', which would work for Internet Explorer, and (probably) nothing else.

[naruto]

Very engaging read Roger. Thanks for the article.

I twittered the link into wild.

I propose that RFF have a twitter account with postings of links to articles by Coffee with Mentors and/or Reviews of camera gear.

[kevin m]

Haters? Reverse snobbery? Ill-wishers?

Yikes!

I checked out the article hoping for the best, but I see the long-running preoccupation with the psychology of those who hold opinions contrary to the author remains front and center in his writing. It's a shame, because there is much useful information in there otherwise.

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by kevin m

Haters? Reverse snobbery? Ill-wishers?

Yikes!

I checked out the article hoping for the best, but I see the long-running preoccupation with the psychology of those who hold opinions contrary to the author remains front and center in his writing. It's a shame, because there is much useful information in there otherwise.

Well yes, but then many of us are consistent in our prejudices are we not?

[Attwo]

Originally Posted by kevin m

Haters? Reverse snobbery? Ill-wishers?

Yikes!

I checked out the article hoping for the best, but I see the long-running preoccupation with the psychology of those who hold opinions contrary to the author remains front and center in his writing. It's a shame, because there is much useful information in there otherwise.

Yeah That's why I found it amusing.
I've never heard of "Leicaphobia" before the author mentioned it.

Surely there would be no Leicaphobes, Leica ill-wishers or Leica haters on this "rangefinder" forum?
So where does the author's paranoia come from?