Just to be clear about that video - it was 100% satire, based on attitudes
and comments from many L**ca owners (our own Tina definitely excluded.)
Those were not meant to be taken seriously, at least by the actors saying
the lines.
On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 11:36 AM Pearce, Wilfred via olympus <
olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I couldn't watch all of this. It's the biggest collection of egotistical
> idiots I 've seen in a long time. I've been shooting since the late
> SIXTIES, and I have learned, if nothing else, that it's not the camera that
> takes the pictures, it's ME. I have owned several Leica cameras in my life,
> and did they make moy photos any better? Nope! This video just confirms two
> of my personal rules. Most of us, myself included, want to improve our
> photography, and a new camera simply won't do it. Working on our skills
> will. There is no magic camera, I wish there were magic things in life, if
> there were I could play the Tenor sax like Pete Christlieb and the piano
> like Ross Tompkins. Not gonna happen. And second, I hate videos. The
> beauty of the written word is that it in these sort of situations and
> editor is involved, and these videos need to have the dialog tightened and
> the ums ans awes removed.
>
> My favorite, "Is that a Fuji? Oh, I remember when I was a child!" News
> flash, jackass, you still are one.
>
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> I made a mistake. Your camera is not the best one unless it is a
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqaGFVJPJRg
>
> WayneS
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