Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas - I hope I didn't. I think I caught the wink in your eye that seemed to be a part of your post. I expect most of us use a lot of non-Leica gear as do you and I. I was reacting to the recent wave of Leica-philia, a phenomena that sweeps the LUG from time to time, not to you or anyone else in particular. Regards, Dick On Oct 02, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information