> On / July 2, 2007 CE, at 7:00 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
>> There are instructions on how to unpack the M8 box properly. :-)
>> In fact, the box is brilliantly designed.
>> It does NOT have an auto transmission.
>> There is a degree of reverence involved in opening it all up and
>> handling it.
>> (We are not worthy...)
>> You place it on the table and just look at it for a while.
>> It is a truly beautiful object.
>> They sent me a black one.
>> Ooooooh indeed.
>>
>> Then you open the lens package - 35mm Summicron 6-bit, brand new.
>> You hold it and wonder how something that small can weigh so much.
>> You gasp. Your hand trembles.
>> This is jewelry. A Tiffany egg.
>> It costs US$3,000 (street price).
>> The satin finish of the metal; the snick of the stops; the whisper of
>> the focus ring; the sheen on the glass; the perfect concavity of the
>> rear element; the sheer gravity of it.
>> None of this has anything to do with photography - it speaks to
>> something deeper.
>> Very, very much deeper.
>> I think I'm in lerv.
>> Help......
I feel so dirty now....
--
Paul Braun
Valparaiso, IN
"There's a fine line between stupid, and clever." - David St. Hubbins
"Enjoy every sandwich." - Warren Zevon
"The Fountain of Youth is a state of mind." - The Ides of March
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