Do you currently own a Leica camera?

[shadowfox]

If wish that each person who "viewed" this poll would also vote.

Raid, is there a statistical distribution that we can use to derive within a certain CI what is the ratio of the viewers who don't vote into "own any Leica" vs "do not own"

 

[raid]

What is that distribution, Will?

 

[shadowfox]

One M4-P.
That's it.

 

[shadowfox]

What is that distribution, Will?

That's why I'm asking you, the statistics professor, Raid.
I'm just a Software Geek 🙂

 

[Roger Hicks]

Only two of my Leicas are over 50 years old, M2 and IIIa. The latter is proof that they are hopelessly unreliable: a mere 79 years old and after less than thirty years of hard use in my hands (1969-1999, when it was only 33-69 years old) the shutter started misbehaving and has since defied several attempts at repair.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Sam Kanga]

M2 and M4-P
Bought used in 1982 and 1991. Blazing fast, quiet, discreet, compact. All I needed for 99% of my work. From shooting Opera singers to the slums of India - my constant companions for over 30 years.

 

[dave lackey]

Only two of my Leicas are over 50 years old, M2 and IIIa. The latter is proof that they are hopelessly unreliable: a mere 79 years old and after less than thirty years of hard use in my hands (1969-1999, when it was only 33-69 years old) the shutter started misbehaving and has since defied several attempts at repair.

Cheers,

R.

+1 Roger!!! LOL:angel:

 

[taskoni]

In the end of 2013 I have broke and lost my M2s while documenting a massive ethnic street fight in Moscow.. Last year was tough for me but I managed to buy back some Leicas and repair my M2 beater I broke last June in Penang. So now I am back in rff world with multiple M2 cameras, an M4, a IIIf that I've got from a very dear friend ( and it is the most valuable one for that reason and I'll never sell it) and my very first Leica, the R7 Regards, Boris

 

[Sam Kanga]

In the end of 2013 I have broke and lost my M2s while documenting a massive ethnic street fight in Moscow.. Last year was tough for me but I managed to buy back some Leicas and repair my M2 beater I broke last June in Penang. So now I am back in rff world with multiple M2 cameras, an M4, a IIIf that I've got from a very dear friend ( and it is the most valuable one for that reason and I'll never sell it) and my very first Leica, the R7 Regards, Boris

Good news.

 

[Calzone]

In the end of 2013 I have broke and lost my M2s while documenting a massive ethnic street fight in Moscow.. Last year was tough for me but I managed to buy back some Leicas and repair my M2 beater I broke last June in Penang. So now I am back in rff world with multiple M2 cameras, an M4, a IIIf that I've got from a very dear friend ( and it is the most valuable one for that reason and I'll never sell it) and my very first Leica, the R7 Regards, Boris

Boris,

Sorry to hear about your loss of gear and the hardship. It is good to hear that somehow you have somwhat recovered. Thanks for the inspiration of being hard cored.

Cal

 

[Tony Whitney]

Going back to the original question, yes, I have a rather weird and eclectic stable of Leicas. Digilux (original model), Leicina, IIIa, IIIc, V-Lux 3 and M5. In the past I've owned IIIb, Leicaflex SL, Mini, R8, M3, M4-2, M4-P and M6 (several). The best I've ever used? The M5 without question. Cheers...Tony

 

[taskoni]

Boris, Sorry to hear about your loss of gear and the hardship. It is good to hear that somehow you have somwhat recovered. Thanks for the inspiration of being hard cored. Cal

Dear Cal, you are the inspiration my friend! I followed your footsteps and sold my old car a few days ago to buy some film for my ongoing project... All set now with a lot of help and support from a friend ( and a rff member) and can't wait to renter the wild.
Walking is fun, I waisted so much time sitting in that damn car...
Regards,

Boris

 

[dave lackey]

Dear Cal, you are the inspiration my friend! I followed your footsteps and sold my old car a few days ago to buy some film for my ongoing project... All set now with a lot of help and support from a friend ( and a rff member) and can't wait to renter the wild.
Walking is fun, I waisted so much time sitting in that damn car...
Regards,

Boris

I think the same thing most every day about the car thing! 😛

 

[Calzone]

Dear Cal, you are the inspiration my friend! I followed your footsteps and sold my old car a few days ago to buy some film for my ongoing project... All set now with a lot of help and support from a friend ( and a rff member) and can't wait to renter the wild.
Walking is fun, I waisted so much time sitting in that damn car...
Regards,

Boris

Boris,

I never knew anyone with a complicated life that was truely happy. Call me simple and single minded, but for me it is easy to be both happy and greatful. In this reguard I think we both are the same.

Cal

 

[Calzone]

I think the same thing most every day about the car thing! 😛

Dave,

There is this saying: "You know you are a hillbilly if half the cars you own aren't running." At one point I owned 4 cars and only two were running, and I was not living in some rural are, I was living in the Long Island suburbs.

One car was a 1967 Ford Falcon that I called the "Dirtbagmobile." On a rainy day I would get wet from puddles because the front passenger was rotted out. The $300.00 bicycle rack on the roof was worth more than the car.

Had a 1984 Jeep Scrambler with a Corvette engine in it. I kinda made a Hum Vee before they were made. My exhaust was loud and many people looked for the musclecar when I raced around and were surprised to see a Jeep.

I had a Saab 900 non turbo as a practical and safe car. Anyways now I'm glad I don't own any. What a headach, what a liability, and what an expense.

Only thing is I'm lucky to live in NYC with a great infrastructure for people like me who don't own cars. To support my camera and photography habit the money has to come from somewhere. I figure I save about $10K a year by not owning a car.

Cal

 

[FrankS]

That 1967 ford Falcon is a classic and could be worth some money.

 

[raid]

That's why I'm asking you, the statistics professor, Raid.
I'm just a Software Geek 🙂

Estimation of the responses is quite complicated in the case of non-responses. This happens frequently in marketing surveys.

 

[Calzone]

That 1967 ford Falcon is a classic and could be worth some money.

Frank,

Originally this car was owned by a musician friend who gave it to another friend who then gave it to me. I eventually gave the car back after using it for two years or so to the friend who originally gave it to me so ge could give it to another friend who needed a car. This care was literally a free car and not worth very much. It was beyond restoration.

This car was a rat and I'm sure nobody wanted this car parked in front of their house. It had a peculure self surging idle in the summer months, had a particular danger in driving a car that lacked floorboards so badly that it also had the knickname "Flintstone Mobile." When I first got it one rear tire always seemed to be half flat. When I tried to fill the tire to 28 PSI at percisely 26 PSI the tire would go into presure releif mode and go half flat again. Eventually I went to a tire shop and they found the queer problem was caused by rust that was preventing the bead of the tire from fully seating. Every time I tried to fill the tire it seems I was unseating the bead. A liberal amount of bead seal solved the problem.

Also know that I used this vehicle to drive into the luxury community called the Hamptons out on Long Island. I kinda was a hard core biker (bicyclist) and I would have a $3K custom titanium bicycle with a friend's equally expensive titanium bicycle mounted in the $300.00 bike rack that was worth more than the car.

Anyways pulling into the bike shop's parking lot with the Dirtbagmobile was a lot cooler than all the Mercedes and other luxury cars with bike racks. All of the sudden all the girls wearing lycra with the gym bodies was surrounding and laying on the hood of my car. Moral of the story I guess is that investment bankers are kinda boring and not really interesting to rich girls.

Cal

 

[Travis L.]

IIIa x1
M3 x2
M2 x2
M6TTL x1

 

[Texsport]

Only M3 for now.

Texsport