Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Inappropriate use of LUG for personal communications
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:39:27 +0200

No, its nice - this is all about photography - well - almost.
Raimo
photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
nyt my=F6s suomeksi

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> From: Joseph Keene <leicajoe@hotmail.com>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Inappropriate use of LUG for personal communications
> Date: 05. elokuuta 1998 4:25
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> As a brand-new LUG subscriber I hate to start off with a complaint, b=
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> does anyone else share my view that it is inappropriate for personal=20
> messages like the below to be sent to the list, thereby cluttering al=
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> of our mailboxes? If so, perhaps the administrator could post a polic=
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> At the very least people could think twice before hitting "reply".
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> (I've already changed to the digest form, but I think my point remain=
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> valid.)
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> JK
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> From: "Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica bargains
> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 11:30:40 -0400
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> Tina,
> I take it you are a Carolina Girl! I didn't know we had so much talen=
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> near Greensboro!
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> I have to say that the 180 Elmarit is great for people, though our=20
> district manager thought it too sharp, and showed too many wrinkles w=
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> I did a couple of 'candids' in the store. It's funny, but that lens i=
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> what got me interested in Leica!
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> A friend taught me to do weddings twenty years ago, and he used a 180=
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> and SL for candids at the receptions- they rivalled the quality of th=
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> 'blads he used for the wedding. I always used  'blads for everything,=
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> but when I quit doing weddings I sold them, and wanted an outfit for=20
> doing the kids. I got a Leica SL and the basic 35/50/135mm lenses....=
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> never did get a 180 until this year! I shoulda hadda oughta done it=20
> sooner! It is so...crisp and sharp I have almost quit using the 135!
> Anyway, love your work, and hope to meet you some day!
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> Dan'l
> dwpost@msn.com
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