Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perhaps you got me wrong, Dick. I'm also very much indeed with Nathan on this - I regularly use a VERY wide range of cameras and lenses that are not Leica. Last vacation saw my bag filled with 1 Canon DSLR, 1 Rollei 3003, a Minolta CLE, an almost unused Pentax P30 that I bought for almost nothing in a charity shop while I was there, a Yashica T-AF compact that my mother gave me when she visited. Plus lenses of all kinds - including a Summicron, but since I got back I haven't been able to discover which shots were taken with it. I think some of the best of the film shots were most probably taken with the Zeiss 3.5/35 T* built into the Yashica, and my favourite digital lens is a WA zoom made by Tokina. Cheers Douglas Richard Taylor wrote: > I'm very much with Nathan on this. If we'd had a Leica-only rule > here, I'd have had to drop off a while ago and missed out on all the fun. > > The camera is only a tool, after all, and despite the fact that I'm > almost certainly going to buy an X-1, and maybe even an M9 eventually, > all this highfalutin talk about the inherent superiority of Leica gear > makes me shout > > P I F F L E! > > Photography Is Fun For Lovers of Every camera! > > (Tortured, I know, but it's the best I could do on short notice. ;-) ) > > Regards, > > Dick > (Who in addition to his D300 owns an M3, a R3A, and about a dozen > M-mount lenses, some going back to the 1960's. And, over the course > of his lifetime owned and sold a IIIb, a IIIf, a IIIg, a CL, an M2, an > M4, and at least a half-dozen screw mount lenses.) > > > On Oct 02, 2009, at 10:05 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > >> Which bit, Dick (or all of it) :-) :-) >> >> P i f f l e = Photography Is Fun For Leica Enthusiasts >> >> Best regards >> Douglas >> >> Richard Taylor wrote: >>> Piffle! :-) >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dick >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 02, 2009, at 4:03 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: >>> >>>> Geoff, >>>> >>>> I think we are all Leica enthusiasts - well at least I know I am - >>>> but there's a big difference between the enthusiasts here and the >>>> fundamentalist attitudes found on other lists. >>>> >>>> I'm all for photos with other equipment (as you well know) so I'm >>>> glad we have a forum here where I, and others, can post Leica shots >>>> AND shots from a very wide range of other cameras / lenses. >>>> >>>> Looking at this another way, the dyed in the wool Leicaists can >>>> always look at other-brand shots and feel contented that the shots >>>> would have been (technically) much better with Leica equipment ;-) >>>> Vive la difference! >>>> Douglas >>>> >>>> Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >>>>> Nathan I think 'extremist' is pretty unfair. No complaints from me >>>>> about the >>>>> cosmopolitan nature of the LUG nor about Jim's Yearbook. Both already >>>>> supported by me here too. Surely room for a Leica enthusiast cadre >>>>> within >>>>> the LUG in my view. >>>>> >>>>> 2009/10/2 Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Well, it the saloonkeeper had taken the extremist, Leica-only >>>>>> line, then I >>>>>> would have had to leave the list in 2004. And who knows if I >>>>>> would have >>>>>> bought the M8 in Dec. 2008 then. So I am quite pleased that Brian >>>>>> and Jim >>>>>> keep a wide open church here. I shoot 99% with the M8 now, but I >>>>>> am solidly >>>>>> in camp #1. >>>>>> >>>>>> Nathan (never mind the gear, just look at the pictures) >>>>>> >>>>>> Nathan Wajsman >>>>>> Alicante, Spain >>>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>>>>> >>>>>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >>>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>>>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 1, 2009, at 4:53 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Two approaches: >>>>>> >>>>>>> 1) The photograph takes precedence over the equipment. >>>>>>> 2) LUG based on love (or at least appreciation) of Leica >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I tend to agree with you. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> At the same time I understand Jim and Brian's open hearts >>>>>>> and appreciation of the photograph as most important; >>>>>>> irrespective of equipment. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> George Lottermoser >>>>>>> george at imagist.com >>>>>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sep 30, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Scott Gregory wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've always wondered why the LUG does not use only Leica >>>>>>> Photographs for >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> their yearly book. After all, it is Leica interest that brings >>>>>>>> the group >>>>>>>> together, I thought. NOT in any way to diminish the fine >>>>>>>> efforts of Jim >>>>>>>> Shulman, but just asking?? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Scott >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>>> Geoff >>>>>>>> The new LEICA M9 >>>>>>>> Passion for perfect pictures. >>>>>>>> http://www.m.leica-camera.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ >>>>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >