[Leica] Leica 100 Years

[luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)]

Hi Alastair,

Do you think you can have some Leica support on this occasion?, this  
would be very interesting for the book, even so, I remember your  
comments about Leica position on FOM2...

Cheers
Lluis


El 03/01/2009, a las 10:37, Alastair Firkin escribi?:

> Keep the ideas coming: in the end, I will take all comments into  
> consideration, but also have to blend it with what I learnt with  
> FOM2. In the end, I want:
>
> 1. to include as many people as possible without becoming too  
> cumbersome
>
> 2. encourage all participants to strive for better more interesting  
> and striking images, not just snaps so that we all "improve"
>
> 3. produce a final group project book (who knows if Blurb will exist  
> in 5 years, but something similar) of extremely high quality and  
> great diversity.
>
> Still thinking and weighing up the options. Remember we did have a  
> lot of good points coming out of FOM2 and I want to build on that  
> experience as well as making it "different". For a start, its  
> obvious now to me that the full range of photographic expression  
> should be encouraged rather than just "portraits". The portraits  
> idea springs from what I had planned to do "solo" and may still do  
> if we do have have enough interest to make this think "fly"
>
> Cheers
>
> Alastair
>
> --- cummer@netvigator.com wrote:
>
> From: H&ECummer <cummer@netvigator.com>
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Leica 100 Years
> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 17:09:03 +0800
>
>>
>> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 19:55:02 -0600
>> From: "Fred Holzapfel" <fkh1950@frontiernet.net>
>> Subject: [Leica] Leica 100 Years
>> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
>>
>> Alastair,
>>
>> Very definitely 100% Leica - Digital or analog - Glass and Body., new
>> technology or film as old as Leica I.  I'd consider using both my
>> IIIA and
>> my M8.2.  It might be nice to include a very short biography and
>> photo of
>> the photographers holding their camera-  Most of us might be able to
>> sum up
>> our life in a few lines.
>
> Alastair,
> As mentioned to you privately, I think the rules of FOM2, which worked
> so well there
> should be applied to Leica 100 Years - that is Leica glass for sure
> but flexibility on
> platforms. That is what we did before wasn't it?
> Cheers
> Howard
>
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