Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i unfortunately am buying my first digital SLR, a nikon D1X. as much as i have resisited the trend, push has come to shove and my main source of income is now digital event shooting. i will keep my M6 and use it as much as possible still but it breaks my heart that for financial reasons, i have to take a path that leads in an opposite direction. doug On 8/9/04 10:58 AM, "Douglas M. Sharp" <DouglasMSharp@netscape.net> wrote: > Is there a seasonal statistic about membership ? I'm sure it drops off > during the summer vacation > season. > > About the move to digital, are people really (at least people who are > Leicaphile enough to post here) > dumping their Leica gear in order to go digital ? I think not, I still > use anything I can get my hands on > which is suited to the weight to be carried, the situation, the weather > etc, etc and this varies from > Rollei Medium Format,Canon RF,Canon AF Film,Canon AF Digital, Yashica > /Contax and, of course, Leica RF > and SLR - Horses for courses. > The last time I gave up on a camera was the Rollei SL2000F, a couple > of old Zeiss's and a Mamiya 220f which were sold in to finance an M2. > > Might be interesting to hear whether anyone here is thinking of > changing,or has changed, for reasons digital. > Douglas > > bdcolen@earthlink.net schrieb: > >> Don't get me wrong, Tina - or anyone else. As I've said, I view this >> community as a kind of country store, town square, what have you - a place >> for friends to gather and jaw. But the jawing - when it is vaguely on >> topic >> ;-) - tends to be much more gearhead jawing than photography jawing. So >> folks >> who belonged for the gearehead jawing, who no longer have or use the gear, >> may be bailing. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> >> Sent: Aug 9, 2004 12:01 PM >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] decline in LUG membership >> >> At 11:37 AM 8/9/2004, you wrote: >> >> >>> Perhaps - just perhaps - it has to do with the fact that even many Leica >>> owner/users are moving over to digital and the list is far more a gear >>> list than an image list. Just a thought. >>> >>> B. D. >>> >>> >> >> But if they've switched to a Canon or Nikon forum hoping to find the same >> kind of conversations we get into on the LUG, they will be very >> disappointed ;-) >> >> I delete 90% of the Canon 10D e-mails without reading them. Can't do that >> with the LUG. You might miss something! >> >> Tina >> >> >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.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 >> >> >> -- doug kim http://www.ricecracker.net/