Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At the time I moved to digital from my three M-series + 2 R-series film cameras there was no Leica equivalent digital camera available. I therefore posted a message here to say that I was leaving the LUG, and giving the reasons. I was told at that stage (some 10 years ago) that I was very welcome to stay and I have done so ever since and have been very happy amongst people I now regard as good friends who I have relied on for support in times of personal crisis. This list is more about a state of mind than a camera, it is about the traditional ethos behind photographers who by choice have shot with Leica, a certain style, a certain way of looking at the world and they way they perceive it to be. If you are just here to talk Leica then you are going to miss an awful lot of what this list is about I am afraid. A fellow (Leica) shooter who is not on this list described internet groups as people who are caught in mutual masturbation about equipment rather than photography - thankfully this does not apply here. Gerry Gerry Walden +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 www.gwpics.com On 6 Nov 2012, at 07:20, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > If only Leica images are allowed on the LUG, then there would have been at > most 9 members during the death period of 2003 to 2006 when most everyone > moved on to digital. > > Besides, there is only one person's whose opinions really matter when it > comes to LUG policy, and the Saloon Keeper has said many times that as long > as we are reasonably civil, non-Leica images and messages belong here as > much as Leica ones. > > So why join this list? Because even with people that I sometimes disagree > with, this is still one of the best lists. People here have... characters. > > Besides, most members do or did have Leica equipments, even if it is just a > lens used on non-Leica cameras. > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information