Re. [Leica] Conformity in Athens NOW BEING A SHOOTER!

[daniel.ridings at muspro.uio.no (Daniel Ridings)]

> Nathan Wajsman offered: !
> > In a similar vein, on the Miranda Canon forum people usually have their
> > equipment list in their signatures. I have: "Never mind the equipment,
> > just look at my pictures."<<<
>
> Hi Nathan,
> Absolutely!!!! The only time it's worth knowing something about how a
> picture was made is when there's a "particularly interesting effect and how
> was it achieved?"

I list the equipment for one single reason. There has been previous
discussions about posting shots taken with Leicas or not on the LUG. So
for the LUG's sake, I mention it (usually) if a shot was taken with a
Leica. If I don't mention the equipment I either 1) forgot or 2) used
something other than a Leica.

In my case the information that a Leica was used is more or less useless.
The quality is not "Leica quality", that is, the quality you would get
with a modern Leica. I don't own a modern Leica. I bought all of my stuff
in the 70's with one exception, the 21 I bought last week. So the "Leica
quality" is that of 30 years ago, not what you would get today (and I'm
assuming it would be better). In the 70's I simply loved Leicas. Now
they're just trusty side kicks that I don't think much about.

Daniel