Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well much of this depends on the owner of the site's feelings which is really all that counts after all - I have never contributed so perhaps have the least relevant things to say. i think if the owner of the posting site doesn't mind then those who lurk and those who post can live with an amorphous definition of what is Leica content. the owner of this list Brian thankfully has very broad shoulders and allows many, many things - for this I am eternally thankful. Other lists are so restrictive that it becomes stiffling. ernie nitka - who lost 1/2 of his Thanksgiving photos this evening cause i couldn't figure out how to use a feature of the D100 - tho' still a heck of a camera. On Thursday, November 28, 2002, at 07:16 PM, patrick jelliffe wrote: > Happy Thanksgiving ALL, > > What are 'Leica photos'? Pictures taken with Leica > cameras AND lenses? Pictures taken with Leica lenses > on non-Leica bodies? Pictures taken with non-Leica > lenses on Leica bodies? What about Minolta > rangefinders? From what I've gleaned in a short time > on this forum is that more than a few people are using > Voigtlander/Canon/Nikon lenses on their Leicas. A few > have mentioned Bessa R bodies. Lots of communication > about digital cameras that are made by Panasonic(!) > under a license with Leica. Seems like a pretty gray > landscape already. > > Reminds me of the continuing intercine battle between > mountain bikers and 'roadies'. I used to be > alternately bemused or enraged, depending on my mood, > when commuting on different bicycles over the Golden > Gate Bridge. Days when I rode my mountain bike, I > would get "the nod" or a wake ONLY from other mountain > bikers. Nobby tires were shunned by roadies, and my > waves were ignored. The very next day might find me on > my (personally built) Merlin road bike, and those same > self-righteous mountain bikers would almost never > return a wave, not recognizing me on "skinny tires", > and the roadies were all smiles. I've always > considered anyone on a bike, of any kind, a brother or > sister, and this distinction of class is truly > abhorrent. > > Fellow photographers who are unobrusive, take their > work seriously, respect the history of the craft, and > are eager to learn from whatever source they can, are > also brethren. On the LUC, maybe we should be more > concerned with artistic alliance and support rather > than drawing distinctions based on someones choice of > equipment. Or maybe only card, (warranty), carrying > Leica owners should be allowed to be part of the LUC? > > > How would Oscar Bannarck feel about the SLR, to say > nothing of digital cameras? He'd be at the forefront > of innovation now just as he was 80 years ago, and > would welcome the examination of rival technology, > tools, and debate. > > > Patrick > > > --- Gerry Walden <gwpics@ntlworld.com> wrote: >> From: "Gerry Walden" <gwpics@ntlworld.com> >> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> Subject: RE: [Leica] D100 photos >> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:59:56 -0000 >> >> Really nice photos but is it just me that questions >> why non- Leica photos >> are posted on the Leica board? >> >> Gerry >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On >> Behalf Of Sam Krneta >> Sent: 28 November 2002 20:39 >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: RE: [Leica] D100 photos >> >> >> Oh boy! >> >> Sam Krneta >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On >> Behalf Of Michael >> Cahill >> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 12:24 PM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: [Leica] D100 photos >> >> Greetings all, >> >> I've uploaded a few images taken with a Nikon D100 >> last weekend. As >> always, comments are appreciated. >> >> >> http://homepage.mac.com/thlrlgrp/PhotoAlbum5.html >> >> Mike Cahill >> >> (sorry about the duplicate mailing, I needed to send >> a correct subject) >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Hard work pays off in the future - laziness pays off now - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html