LR still appears to be the most popular choice around here

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Andrew T.

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• Sep 29, 2006

• #1

Its obviously market day in Fort William, (50miles from where I live)
as in the last 10 minutes at least 10 landrovers with livestock
trailers have gone past the end of my drive, ranging from an old 90 to
brand new double cab 110.
Good to see people are still using LR's and not succumbing to the
japaneese double cabs.

Andrew

 

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Torak

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• Sep 29, 2006

• #2

Andrew T. wrote:
> Its obviously market day in Fort William, (50miles from where I live)
> as in the last 10 minutes at least 10 landrovers with livestock
> trailers have gone past the end of my drive, ranging from an old 90 to
> brand new double cab 110.
> Good to see people are still using LR's and not succumbing to the
> japaneese double cabs.

Same down in Galloway, where I live - a good tenth or more of all cars
you see about the place seem to be Landies.

Which is nice.

 

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• Sep 29, 2006

• #3

IT'S IETHER IN YOU OR ITS NOT...
AN AVEERAGE OF 25,000 ARE SOLD AROUND THE WORLD EVERY YEAR BRAND
NEW........


Torak wrote:
> Andrew T. wrote:
> > Its obviously market day in Fort William, (50miles from where I live)
> > as in the last 10 minutes at least 10 landrovers with livestock
> > trailers have gone past the end of my drive, ranging from an old 90 to
> > brand new double cab 110.
> > Good to see people are still using LR's and not succumbing to the
> > japaneese double cabs.
>
> Same down in Galloway, where I live - a good tenth or more of all cars
> you see about the place seem to be Landies.
>
> Which is nice.

 

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beamendsltd

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• Sep 29, 2006

• #4

In message <[email protected]>
Torak <[email protected]> wrote:

> Andrew T. wrote:
> > Its obviously market day in Fort William, (50miles from where I live)
> > as in the last 10 minutes at least 10 landrovers with livestock
> > trailers have gone past the end of my drive, ranging from an old 90 to
> > brand new double cab 110.
> > Good to see people are still using LR's and not succumbing to the
> > japaneese double cabs.
>
> Same down in Galloway, where I live - a good tenth or more of all cars
> you see about the place seem to be Landies.
>
> Which is nice.

Visit the main car park in Buxton on a Saturday afternoon - the
Discoveries out number the oppositon 2 to 1, never mind the Defenders
etc.

8 or 9 years ago they would almost all have been Jap (Dihatsu mostly).

Richard
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Andrew T.

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• Sep 29, 2006

• #5

There are a few jap double cabs around, but they seem to be owned by
people who don't really need them... and are very shiney

I know one guy has a back yard (rather large as he has a 4000 acre
estate) full of old Merc G-wagons, brilliant bits of kit, but are too
expensive to repair. - He's the one with a new 110 double cab.

His back yard is incredible, full of old argocats (wheeled and
tracked), tracked dumpers, numerous boats, mini-diggers, most no longer
working...

Unfotunatly I don't know him well enough to go picking at the
collection

Andrew

 

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David G. Bell

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• Sep 29, 2006

• #6

On Friday, in article
<[email protected]>
[email protected] "Torak" wrote:

> Andrew T. wrote:
> > Its obviously market day in Fort William, (50miles from where I live)
> > as in the last 10 minutes at least 10 landrovers with livestock
> > trailers have gone past the end of my drive, ranging from an old 90 to
> > brand new double cab 110.
> > Good to see people are still using LR's and not succumbing to the
> > japaneese double cabs.
>
> Same down in Galloway, where I live - a good tenth or more of all cars
> you see about the place seem to be Landies.
>
> Which is nice.

Why is a Land Rover like a Leica camera?

Answer: they are expensive to buy, but they can keep on going.

If you look in this week's Amateur Photographer, you'll find a preview
of the new Leica M8, a digital camera that just carries on from the M7,
and will work with existing Leica lenses.

Company history doesn't really guarantee the future, but Leica, and Land
Rover, are better long-term bets than most.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"I am Number Two," said Penfold. "You are Number Six."

 

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Ian Rawlings

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• Sep 29, 2006

• #7

On 2006-09-29, "David G. Bell" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Why is a Land Rover like a Leica camera?

Yeuck, don't make that comparison please, most leica owners I've met
are like mac owners. I went to goodwood revival some years ago and
some chap was there with a stunning girlfriend, who was bored to tears
by him waffling on about the balance of his leica and how it feels
perfect in the hand etc etc, don't recall him taking any pictures with
it.

Mind you after the reaction I've had on a few occasions turning up to
a landy-dominated event in the pinzgauer, perhaps you're right ;-)

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Richard Brookman

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• Sep 29, 2006

• #8

Ian Rawlings wrote:

|| Yeuck, don't make that comparison please, most leica owners I've met
|| are like mac owners. I went to goodwood revival some years ago and
|| some chap was there with a stunning girlfriend, who was bored to
|| tears by him waffling on about the balance of his leica and how it
|| feels perfect in the hand etc etc, don't recall him taking any
|| pictures with it.

You missed one there! "Hi, would you like to come for a drink - I guarantee
not to talk about cameras ..."

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William Tasso

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• Sep 30, 2006

• #9

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:51:07 +0100, Richard Brookman
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Ian Rawlings wrote:
>
> || Yeuck, don't make that comparison please, most leica owners I've met
> || are like mac owners. I went to goodwood revival some years ago and
> || some chap was there with a stunning girlfriend, who was bored to
> || tears by him waffling on about the balance of his leica and how it
> || feels perfect in the hand etc etc, don't recall him taking any
> || pictures with it.
>
> You missed one there! "Hi, would you like to come for a drink - I
> guarantee
> not to talk about cameras ..."

A perfect case for ...

<Leslie Phillips>Hello</>

--
William Tasso

Land Rover - 110 V8
Discovery - V8

 

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Richard Brookman

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• Sep 30, 2006

• #10

William Tasso wrote:

||| You missed one there! "Hi, would you like to come for a drink - I
||| guarantee
||| not to talk about cameras ..."
||
|| A perfect case for ...
||
|| <Leslie Phillips>Hello</>



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Larry

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• Oct 1, 2006

• #11

The ultimate reliable camera so far as I am concerned is the old Pentax K
1000, and there are more lenses available for Pentax systems than ever were
or will be to precios Leica users.


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expands unevenly in every way unconcievable except to someone who does not
believe in the laws of mathematics"


"Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2006-09-29, "David G. Bell" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Why is a Land Rover like a Leica camera?
>
> Yeuck, don't make that comparison please, most leica owners I've met
> are like mac owners. I went to goodwood revival some years ago and
> some chap was there with a stunning girlfriend, who was bored to tears
> by him waffling on about the balance of his leica and how it feels
> perfect in the hand etc etc, don't recall him taking any pictures with
> it.
>
> Mind you after the reaction I've had on a few occasions turning up to
> a landy-dominated event in the pinzgauer, perhaps you're right ;-)
>
> --
> Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!

 

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Richard Brookman

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• Oct 1, 2006

• #12

Larry wrote:

|| The ultimate reliable camera so far as I am concerned is the old
|| Pentax K 1000, and there are more lenses available for Pentax
|| systems than ever were or will be to precios Leica users.

Arrrrrgh! Yes. Why ever did I get rid of mine for a more "up to date"
model?

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Danny

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• Oct 1, 2006

• #13

Larry wrote:
> The ultimate reliable camera so far as I am concerned is the old Pentax K
> 1000, and there are more lenses available for Pentax systems than ever were
> or will be to precios Leica users.
>
>

I still have a good K1000 with manual and an older Spotmatic F. My
first "proper" camera was a K1000. I wish someone would design a
digital back for them.....

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Ian Rawlings

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• Oct 1, 2006

• #14

On 2006-10-01, Danny <[email protected]> wrote:

> I still have a good K1000 with manual and an older Spotmatic F. My
> first "proper" camera was a K1000. I wish someone would design a
> digital back for them.....

Mine's an Olympus OM-2 SP with various bits of kit, including some
macro bellows, one of the few manufacturers to make macro bellows for
35mm kit due to their strong presence in the scientific photography
market.

I used to have a Canon EOS3 with various prime lenses and a pro zoom
lens, but given the gear was worth about £3K I could never use it
comfortably so flogged it all and went back to the old gear!

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