Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would agree with Nathan for what its worth. Choosing someones image for the cover would be very time consuming and fraught with "danger". A simple cover with Leica gear suits the whole project well and links the books: Once again, thanks to Jim for the efforts, and please take the comments as a compliment that so many of us actually enjoy the book each year. Cheers Alastair > Frankly guys, I think that given the effort Jim puts into this yearbook, > and on New Year's Eve to boot, he is entitled to decide what goes on the > front page. > > And I think that having THE major new Leica product of 2009 on the cover > is entirely appropriate given that it is a LUG yearbook. At the same time, > I appreciate Jim's liberal approach to gear (which allowed me to submit > images during my wanderings in the Canon and Olympus wilderness). FWIW, > both my pics were shot with Leica equipment (although one of them with the > 1.2/35mm CV lens), but when I receive the book next week I will look at > and enjoy the pictures and I will not care at all about what camera was > used. > > And BTW, based on Kyle's mini-review, I have ordered a GF-1 and the Leica > M - Micro 4/3 adapter so that I can have a digital backup body for my M8, > and in combination with the 1.7/20mm pancake lens I also got, a "take > everywhere" body that give better quality than the LX3. > > Nathan > > 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 Jan 7, 2010, at 7:44 PM, Richard Taylor wrote: > >> Well, this is the LEICA users group, after all. Shots of Leica gear >> were featured on all the covers so far. Maybe before it becomes >> entrenched as a tradition, we should do something else next year. >> >> One idea: Let's vote on the best image of those submitted and use it as >> the cover shot. We'd have to bring the submission deadline back into >> early-December to make that work but I don't see why that should be a >> problem. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> On Jan 07, 2010, at 1:28 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jan 7, 2010, at 10:18 AM, Richard Taylor wrote: >>> >>>> I noticed that, too. While there quite a few M8 images and a few from >>>> the M9, most were from other gear. The number of G-1 and GF-1 images >>>> surprised me, too. As you said, there were lots and lots of really >>>> nice photos on display. >>>> Maybe next year with the M9 in its second year of production we'll see >>>> more from that camera. >>> >>> as the book's emphasis is images, and is entirely gear neutral, why >>> does the cover focus entirely on gear....? >>> >>> rather "falls like a hair on the soup" >>> >>> >>> Steve >>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Dick >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jan 07, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: >>>> >>>>> My Leica Users Group Yearbook 2009 arrived this morning, by regular >>>>> delivery Fed Ex... >>>>> >>>>> In a few words, >>>>> >>>>> superb, magical, captivating.... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I am so impressed by the many wonderful photos contained within... >>>>> >>>>> The quality of pure photographic expertise here always amazes me, >>>>> >>>>> impressively transcending issues of equipment. >>>>> >>>>> That said, the cover, while excellent misses the point, looking like >>>>> it should be on some other book. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Steve >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >