karl_georg_wolf Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Inspired by the thread below >Film is saved, for now< it would interest me now if these LEICA-photographers/ fondlers are really as old as some overprejudiced persons around here think. Where are the youngest ones? Or the oldest? It is actually no problem getting old with a LEICA, IMO. Just give your age if you do not mind. I promise to figure out the average after some time. Allow me a quick guess: 45 years. LHSA members simply should not be mixed up with the serious LEICA-users! I?am far away of belonging to the youngest I must confess. I?am 58 yrs. of age with close to 35 yrs. of interest in LEICA. And somehow still going strong ... My interest in LEICA I mean. (Please excuse, that we had a similar question about a year ago. But things change, perhaps modern LEICA-marketing works especially for the young) Best regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_aitken Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 36. Leica user for about 15 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_b._elmer Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 55 years, 44 of them with my own Leicas and before that some years of fondling and trying my fathers M3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean_. Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 35. Using Leica for some 3 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran_ois_courtois Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 36, using leica since 6 months only (Nikon before) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl_georg_wolf Posted July 6, 2004 Author Share Posted July 6, 2004 Very quick answers! Thx a lot and the average is 44 yrs. right now. Let us see how it goes. Best regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_kastner Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 57 2/3. M user only for the last 4 years. Nikon Fs and Nikonos II and III for the last 35 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris earth Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 37 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric wu Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 29, start using a Leica M2 + Summitar 50 3 yrs ago.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seb v. Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 34. Started using socially about 4 months ago, now it's a daily habit :>) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david www.davidazia.com Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 21 - I began using a Leica rangefinder camera in 2001<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie_cheung Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 >>>...perhaps modern LEICA-marketing works especially for the young<<< Young and rich perhaps. How many young photographers(even wealthy ones) would consider buying a body for over 2k, a 90macro rf lens or a 50mm f1.4 for $2500? I suggest Leica workout a deal with kodak / fuji / ilford (to save their own asses) Maybe say anyone buying a new leica lens/body get 50% off films for a year from the date of purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Im 27, been using Leicas since i was about 23 or 24. Theres no turning back now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl_georg_wolf Posted July 6, 2004 Author Share Posted July 6, 2004 Leslie, you might be right, but you forgot about your AGE ?? Be sure there is quite an inexpensive way to get into LEICA-photography. Just decide you do NOT need the very latest gear. Even E. P. allows the use of LEICA-lenses and -bodies made in the seventieth/ eighties (last century that is). It is still working fine and I very much prefer it to digital ! Best regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_henry1 Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 What a relief! A younger than expected average age. Leica will be OK after all. ( I won't either help or hurt your average). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luq Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 29+ and only 1.5 months into the Leica system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarten_boerma Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 33 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basil brush Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 31. Been using Leica for about a year and a half: first compact,then SLR, now rangefinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl_georg_wolf Posted July 6, 2004 Author Share Posted July 6, 2004 Nothing of that nature is proofed, really, because the question was put wrong by a nonsociologist. With the header we have above, only the younger users are activated, the other are ashamed, get a read head, and continue fondling. Sorry for the mess ... Best regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_watts Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 59 and using Leicas for 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_thistle Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I'm 40 and I've been a Leica user for 24 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didier Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 31. in the system for a little over 2 years now. cheers Didier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_kastner Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Is it allowed to take an M (plus a few lenses) into the grave with me, or do I have to sell them all first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from earthy Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy m. Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I am 33. Been using Leica M's for 5 years or so. Not bad cameras ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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