Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think Tri-X is for wimps. I love what Tech-Pan does with my Noctilux, not to mention my medium format gear. I think most of the photos posted here are junk, but I haven't posted any of my own or commented on what's posted. I rarely print above 8x10, but I don't understand how 35 mm afficionados can think that an 8x10 35 mm can be as good as a 6x6 in 6x6?? Must be crappy lenses. Get Rollieflex Xenotar or Zeiss! And when is there going to be a decent discussion about filters??!? Doesn't anybody use filters to shoot clouds anymore? Is Red reserved for Ansel Adams? Or for some blipping place in the Rockies?? I think urban forests in the Northeast deserve consideration too. I think National Geographic photographers are not the only ones who know how to use Leica lenses. But where are the rest? Not on the UG! Is there something historically valuable about using a Leica? I think so, but I don't see it here. Politics? Get a backbone, please!! G. On 13 Jul 2001, at 17:44, Duane Birkey wrote: > As I remember it, Don was hounded, slandered and abused on the LUG > repeated by some guy over a CL that he refused to sell him or some > ridiculous grudge..... then there was Fred Ward, Marvin Moss and a > bunch of other nice guys who didn't like on-line criticism..... anyone > see Charles Grodin's commentary on the subject on 60 minutes II last > night????? > > After looking through the last several days digests and wearing out my > page down key!!!!!! Perhaps someone should summon Oddmund.... there > was a guy who could really inflame people's political and ideological > passions..... > > On second thought, possible threads that haven't come up in at least > the last 3 days... > > I thinking about buying a Mont Blanc pen.... is it really the finest > writing instrument??? I've heard good things about Tilley hats... are > they worth the money???? A friend of mine read on Steve Gandy's > website that the M3 DS was the finest M camera ever made but Erwin > Puts says the M-6 is the best, who's right??? I've heard that you > shouldn't put a UV filter on a lens as it might cause flare... but the > guy on the phone at B&H insisted I buy one... I read that with the > progress made recently in digital imaging that film will be dead > soon.... But is digital photography really art????? I heard that > the 50 DR Summicron is the best 50 ever made, but Popular Photography > say the Zeiss one for Contax is the best made. I saw a picture of a > guy in a magazine with tape all over his cameras.... Do you think it > is a good idea to cover up the leica logo with tape, and what kind > should I use???? I bought a chrome M6 and I can't decide whether to > buy black lenses or chrome lenses..... What kind of bag should I > buy????? I want to buy a Noctilux, but I can't seem to find one made > in Germany... a photographer I know told me to avoid buying anything > Leica made in Portugal or Canada.... I've heard Voightlander is making > lenses for Leicas now????? > > My apologies to Steve, Erwin, Henry, Jim, B.D., Ted and Marc and > anyone else whose name was implied, excluded or otherwise represented > or misrepresented, quoted or mis-quoted in the above threads. For > more information on any of the above.... please consult the LUG > Archives.... Actually it might be fun to do a FAQ for Michael Bell > with only the answers so that viewers could guess the questions. > > Duane Birkey > HCJB World Radio, Quito Ecuador > Duane's Photographs of Ecuador: > http://ecuadorphotos.tripod.com > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >