Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian - I agree entirely with Nathan. Not that anyone's suggested it, but splitting the LUG into film and digital lists would be like shooting our selves in the foot. Among alot of other things, the LUG is about excellence in photography, however shot. Dick >Hi Brian, > >It is good to hear that membership is growing again. This list has >been an important part of my life for the past 8 years. I have met >many wonderful people (in person) thanks to our online community, >including Lucien the Leica Pushier who was always willing to lend me >a piece of kit to try out over a weekend, Michiel who treated me and >my son to a wonderful day of sailing around Friesland, the late Sal >diMarco with whom I enjoyed many stimulating conversations, and many >many others. > >I like your attitude: a picture is a picture. Since I am one of >those who has gone over to the dark side, I appreciate the >willingness of people here to look at my Canon images. And as this >week's PAW (to be posted shortly) will show, I still keep a foot in >the film world. On the Hasselblad list they just had a silly >discussion about splitting the list into a film and a digital list; >I am very happy that the doors of your saloon are open to all, even >deviants like me. > >Cheers, >Nathan > >Brian Reid wrote: >>A few minutes ago, someone subscribed to the LUG, and thereby >>(unbeknownst to him) became the 1000th subscriber. Before the >>dominance of digital cameras, LUG membership peaked at nearly 2000, >>but it had dropped to about 800 by midsummer 2006. >> >>I think this was due in part to a reduced interest in film cameras, >>and in part to the growth of broadband (when more people have >>always-on internet, there are more messages sent). I hope our >>1000th subscriber isn't driven away by the sheer number of >>messages, as many newcomers are. >> >>I'm pretty sure that the announcement of the M8 is what's triggered >>the recent growth spurt in membership. Since none of us owns an M8 >>yet, and very few of us have had a chance to touch one or use one, >>most of the traffic about M8s has been rumor and speculation and >>second-guessing of its engineering. >> >>As the M8 becomes available, there will be more and more messages >>about digital photography here on the LUG. I dearly hope that it >>doesn't drive away the film stalwarts. A good picture is a good >>picture, regardless of whether you took it with film or a digital >>sensor, with an M or an R. I've even heard supportable claims that >>you can make good pictures with other brands of camera. >> >>Brian Reid >>LUG Saloon Keeper >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Almere, The Netherlands > >Opportunistic Image Acquisition > >General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http://www.greatpix.eu >Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > >Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman >http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 >Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > >Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > >SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information