Re: [Leica] Younger photographers and Leica rangefinders

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

"Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" wrote:
> 
> Buzz,
> 
> It was only a bit of humor.  Geeezzz, I even used a smily.  I thought I was
> learning this symbol thing.  Maybe I am right, maybe you are right, but the
> books are not going to tell us anything more than the probability of
> something occuring.  Facts are different than probabilities.  perhaps you
> should read the books before you recommend them.
> 
> Peter K
> 
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> Peter K.--
> 
>         You're committing a classic logical fallacy, which is to generalize
> from a small sample.  Just because you don't know anyone using Tri-X does
> not mean nobody is using it.  It also does not mean that very few people are
> using it.  It only means that you don't know many people using Tri-X.  Time
> for you to hit the books on probability and statistics, and on logic.
> 
>         Buzz Hausner
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) [SMTP:peterk@lucent.com]
> > Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 9:19 PM
> > To:   'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> > Subject:      RE: [Leica] Younger photographers and Leica rangefinders
> >
> > Not ridiculous at all.  Only people I know who use Tri-X are you and
> > several
> > LUGs.  Everyone else uses TMax or T400CN. ;-]
> >
> > Peter K
> >
I just called Pro Photo Supply in Portland Oregon and Terry says all he
uses on his 4/5 is tri x and that tri x although dominated by t max as a
definite chunk of the market,
Mark Rabiner