[Leica] LUG - Way over my budget...

[len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier)]

The APUG is a good source of info and discussion of different films  
and processes, developer chemistry, paper and darkroom technique.  
They also discuss hardware and have a rangefinder forum as well. I  
subscribed for a year but soon became bored as they did not get into  
my interest areas in enough detail. I still search APUG from time to  
time if I have a question about a particular developer. But that's  
it. There are also times when I get bored with a particular thread on  
the LUG that beats a subject to death. In those cases the delete key  
works just fine. In general the LUG keeps up my interest by the  
posting of beautiful images and reading about the hardware I would  
love to have but will never be able to afford. I enjoy my Leica and  
Nikon equipment and shoot both digital and film. While the digital  
images are instant and of high quality, it is the images I take from  
film that I treasure the most.

And Jan I had a B22XL enlarger that I had to sell. I regret selling  
it to this day. Some three years later I tried to replace it and  
ended up with a B-600 which I still have. I hope you stay on the LUG  
and share some of your photos with us, especially those you take from  
your chosen profession. By the way my favorite camera is a IIIf and  
not my M8.

Regards,
Len


On Sep 29, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Chris Saganich wrote:

> Jan,
> I like the APUG, they are digital-free as you can be.
>
> At 09:09 PM 9/28/2008, you wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>> I am getting rather overwhelmed by the volume of this list and  
>> feel a little bit out of place here.  I will definitely not be  
>> able to afford an M8 (or DMR, or S2 for that matter) for the  
>> forseeable future and have a much more analog low-budget approach  
>> to shooting and owing Leica gear than (it seems) most here.
>> Will can fully satisfy the digital needs (mosty for my work as a  
>> zoologist) with a lowly Canon Rebel Xsi, D50 or G10, but love the  
>> feel and timeless image quality of a IIIf, M3, M6 or SL2  and the  
>> smell of my B&W darkroom (with B22XL enlarger).
>>  Is there a Leica list for analog only, classic Leica users, where  
>> the newest gear is not necessarily the best?
>> Thanks, Jan
>>
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