Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I hope Al Franken is on this list ;^). Patrick --- Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > oops - I see we all make mistakes. > > Doug > on 3/28/04 5:55 PM, Doug Herr at telyt@earthlink.net > wrote: > > > on 3/28/04 5:25 PM, Mark Rabiner at > mark@rabinergroup.com wrote: > > > >> To the mysterious "Leicajay@aol.com": > >> > >> Are your making prints from the output from those > cameras? > >> Are you scanner equipped? > >> Output is a big issue here to judge the viability > of new technologies. > >> Digital has turned a lot of people who would have > never done so into print > >> makers. This increases the intensity of the > photographic experience for them > >> by tenfold. > >> > >> I normally don't respond to nameless posts and > eventually I filter them. > >> > >> > >> Mark Rabiner > >> Photography > >> Portland Oregon > >> > > > > Mark, > > > > Jay is a dentist in south Florida, I think Broward > County, who fancies > > himself as an expert on all thing photograpic (and > then some). He's also an > > ex-marine and is an excellent wordsmith. He > currently uses M and (I think) > > LTM cameras as well as many other brands. He has > owned and broken 10 (ten!) > > R bodies. He was banned from the photo.net Leica > forum for over a year for > > rudeness, insults, inuendo and slander. He will > slander you on any forum, > > related or not, directly or indirectly, if you get > on the wrong side of him. > > Ask me how I know. > > > > You can get on the wrong side of him by > questioning the superiority of Canon > > EOS cameras, by telling the list that you don't > use UV filters, by > > discussing Bokeh, or by saying anything positive > about Leica's product > > planning, R cameras, or about the LHSA. You can > also get on the wrong side > > of him by asking him to post some of his photos. > Depending on what day of > > the month it was, his reasons for not posting any > photos were either that > > his enemies whould tear them to shreds or because > photo.net wasn't a > > taleneted enough or influential enough audience to > view his photos. Read > > many of his posts and you will understand why he'd > think he has enemies on > > photo.net. > > > > He does know a lot about the minutia of lens > sharpness and the minor details > > of product changes in the M line. If you're at > all familiar with Ken > > Rockwell's "Seven Levels of Photographers" you > know where this places him: > > the Equipment Measurebater. Tread carefully or > prepare for battle with him. > > > > Take care, > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html