[Leica] 75 'cron now 105 F1.4 WHATEVER!

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Hi Frank,
One of many things you and I have others may not understand by our comments 
on the surface...   "we understand each other without folks realizing it." 
Where they may take it that you or I are "snapping? sniping? at each other" 
it's our way of understanding neither means a personal attack.

ted


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 8:42 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] 75 'cron now 105 F1.4 WHATEVER!


> Ted.. we live in 2 worlds..... The ART world where nothing is 
> quantifiable,
> also called the world of marekting where we get to be convinced of thinsg
> that simply are not true, using "facts":   and the scientific world where
> real hard quantifiable data is used to establish "facts".
>
> I have said before that it is your art.  You get to make the last word on
> what is good enough, or not.
>
> Testing, etc is a way to convince others that a specific point is valid, 
> and
> in so doing, get a person to buy something.  People make decisions based
> upon "facts".  Debunking them is hard, because facts are technical and few
> users can understand the technicalities.  Markleteers make it easy to
> swallow their "facts".  "Facts" bounce all over the LUG.  Some are true,
> some are bunk.
>
> The bottom line is whatever works is OK, but donl;t try to convice me that
> your opinion is something I should run to embrace.  Especially when your
> opinion is based upon misunderstood "facts" made by others.  Let's be 
> clear
> on what is subjective and what is objective.
>
> None of this is worded at Ted, nor his opinions.  It is directed to get
> people to at least question the source and methodology of the "facts" they
> intend to use to make a buying decision.
>
> Now off to do what Ted has said....the TAKE PICTURES part.<<<<<<<<