Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:11 AM 8/23/98 -0400, you wrote: >see the possibility of offense in the use of "klan" while the person who >committed this offense ostensible was not. Well, as they say, Britain and the US are two countries separated by a common language. :-) We all have to be careful in our use of language, and judging why people might take offense at what we say. (Me too!) But to throw around terms like PC (not computer, political correctness, which I object to being labeled as such) because we are sensitive to people feelings is throwing gasoline on the fire. How to be politically correct in the photographic world (tongue firmly planted in cheek): Black tape on the word Leica, Nikon, Canon... No red dots, you'll scare the wildlife away, except the bull... Leica isn't better...nobody can tell the difference... M is better than R... R is better than M Japan makes the best lenses now...David Douglas Duncan proved it in the 50s... Opinions are meaningless... Test charts on the wall give us objective facts on lens performance... Zoom lenses are never as good... Negative film can't show Leica quality... Fast film can't show Leica quality... Sharpness is above all the most important quality criterion... One word to answer such PC attitudes... Humbug. :-) - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child. Ron Wild