Jeffry Abt Posted May 12, 2012 Share #1 Â Posted May 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Objects of lust or Veblen goods- will all the sexual desire focused on the 50mm Lux now be directed at new Cron? I'm not talking about rational thought but pure passion. Deer rutting in the woods.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lars_bergquist Posted May 12, 2012 Share #2 Â Posted May 12, 2012 The species that Linnaeus optimistically dubbed Homo sapiens is only very intermittently rational. We spend most of our time on autopilot, only dimly aware of our surroundings, and the rest in outbursts of either mania or panic (see the financial world). Clearly we are still an intelligent species under construction. The question is whether the job will be done in time to save us. Â There are leather fetishists, rubber fetishists, fur fetishists, boot fetishists ... you name them. So it's not surprising that there is also a small group of Leica gear fetishists. As far as we know, they are quite harmless, even to themselves. At least, no Leicaphile has yet been found self-asphyxiated, clutching a Noctilux. It is of course safest to humour them. The Gnomes of Solms have ben very busy doing this for several years now. Fortunately, they have also occasionally found time to produce cameras and lenses for us straight, boring people. Â The old man from the Age of Max Berek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 12, 2012 Share #3 Â Posted May 12, 2012 Jeez Lars, you must be talking about me. I've got all those ailments you listed in your second paragraph. Â It all started out with that bloody British television show I watched as a child, you know, the one with that Emma Peel character. I'm certain it led me to greater and greater depravity and ultimately to Leica... let me get comfortable on the couch and I'll tell you all about it. Â The old man from the age of Diana Rigg's leather catsuits and Luigi's leather demi cases Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted May 12, 2012 Share #4 Â Posted May 12, 2012 I thought it was still legitimate to appreciate cutting edge engineering that produces exquisite results! Silly me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveYork Posted May 12, 2012 Share #5 Â Posted May 12, 2012 You do realize that most art, no matter the field, comes from the right side of the brain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 12, 2012 Share #6 Â Posted May 12, 2012 Steve, I thought we dispelled that right-left brain stuff years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 12, 2012 Share #7  Posted May 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Jeez Lars, you must be talking about me. I've got all those ailments you listed in your second paragraph.  It all started out with that bloody British television show I watched as a child, you know, the one with that Emma Peel character. I'm certain it led me to greater and greater depravity and ultimately to Leica... let me get comfortable on the couch and I'll tell you all about it.  The old man from the age of Diana Rigg's leather catsuits and Luigi's leather demi cases  Sheesh... those tights... I think I was in love back then... I bought an umbrella to swing. A Blower Bentley was beyond my means. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 13, 2012 Share #8 Â Posted May 13, 2012 Sheesh... those tights... I think I was in love back then... I bought an umbrella to swing. A Blower Bentley was beyond my means. Â You could have fantasized about riding around with Emma in her Lotus Elan. :roll eyes: I know, I know way too much about this show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted May 13, 2012 Share #9 Â Posted May 13, 2012 I thought it was still legitimate to appreciate cutting edge engineering that produces exquisite results!Silly me. Â In civilized jurisdictions, fetishism is not illegal. It may even be mandatory. In the EU, we are all required to be currency fetishists. Â The old man from the Age of Betty Page Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramesh Posted May 13, 2012 Share #10 Â Posted May 13, 2012 LUXury has a new name and its 'CRON in Black and White'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipus Posted May 13, 2012 Share #11 Â Posted May 13, 2012 Objects of lust or Veblen goods- will all the sexual desire focused on the 50mm Lux now be directed at new Cron? I'm not talking about rational thought but pure passion. Deer rutting in the woods.... Â well the 50 Summilux Asph has now turned into cheapest, best-performing standard lens in the world. I, for one, will remain passionate about mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted May 13, 2012 Share #12 Â Posted May 13, 2012 So will I. Still, I will remain even more unreasonable about my v.2 Summilux-M 1:1.4/35mm ASPH. Â I think David Hume wrote somewhere that reason must forever be the slave of passion. He did not only find that inevitable, but perfectly OK. 'Passion' in the 18th century however meant 'strong emotion'. That was when all passion did not have to be of a sexual nature. What Hume meant was, I think, that while reason tells ut how to do it, only passion can tell us what to do, and why. Â I'd like to refer to Antonio R. Damasio: Descarte's Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain (1994). He shows conclusively that an un-emotional, 'cool-headed' person, like Dr. Spock of Starship Enterprise, is in reality not an admirable person but a sorry wreck, left to drift without rudder and compass. Every good artist has been passionate about his/her work. Every good scientist, far from being Spockish as many think, is passionate about science. And every good photographer ... Â But few of them have been passionate about their gear. It's like a scientist being passionate about his endnotes. Scrupulous, yes, but not passionate. A scrupulous endnotary has lost his direction and his sense of proportion. Â The old man from the Age of Reason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted May 13, 2012 Share #13  Posted May 13, 2012 Bring the "lower end" up and all of a sudden a Summilux and a Noctilux now appear as relative value rather than stand out expense. Very clever Leica, very clever. In five years time when people have forgotten about the price hike and have accustomed to the fact that Leica gear is "just expensive" then there will be a new 35mm or 75mm Noctilux at £10K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manolo Posted May 13, 2012 Share #14  Posted May 13, 2012 So will I. Still, I will remain even more unreasonable about my v.2 Summilux-M 1:1.4/35mm ASPH. 'Passion' in the 18th century however meant 'strong emotion'. That was when all passion did not have to be of a sexual nature. What Hume meant was, I think, that while reason tells ut how to do it, only passion can tell us what to do, and why.  But few of them have been passionate about their gear. It's like a scientist being passionate about his endnotes. Scrupulous, yes, but not passionate. A scrupulous endnotary has lost his direction and his sense of proportion.  The old man from the Age of Reason  I like your view of passion but disagree about how a scientist (or artist) sees the tools. Tools are part of a fluid process of creation (rational & passionate). I will even say that to create anything new, you also have to create a new kind of tool.  the problem arrises when you think that you have to be ether rational or passionate. I think that the only way to be is both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted May 13, 2012 Share #15 Â Posted May 13, 2012 But of course. Â The old man from the Age of Reason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 13, 2012 Share #16 Â Posted May 13, 2012 the problem arrises when you think that you have to be ether rational or passionate. I think that the only way to be is both. Â Quite logical. Â The old man from the galaxy of Live Long And Prosper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manolo Posted May 13, 2012 Share #17  Posted May 13, 2012 Quite logical. The old man from the galaxy of Live Long And Prosper  I have to thank Ayn Rand for letting me see this. Although I don't agree in any of her specific conclusions; I love her rational thought process and her passion.  I recommend Atlas Shrugged as a good example of this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magosak Posted May 13, 2012 Share #18 Â Posted May 13, 2012 What I am interested to see is the impact of the new cron on lux ASPH prices. Lux ASPH is on my list to buy next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipus Posted May 13, 2012 Share #19 Â Posted May 13, 2012 What I am interested to see is the impact of the new cron on lux ASPH prices. Lux ASPH is on my list to buy next. Â I predict it will have little to no effect. What would have an effect is Leica increasing the supply so people stop selling it at a premium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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