Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/11

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Subject: [Leica] S snapshots - now Barcelona
From: gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:36:38 +0100
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Looking forward to meeting many friends I have known so long without ever 
seeing - and that is the beauty of the LUG. I feel I am with family here!

Gerry


On 11 Sep 2013, at 16:34, "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:

> Should I cancel my flight tickets? I'll be bringing a nikon and a fuji 
> along, and Alice will probably sport her Oly ...
> 
> No - I want to see some LUGGERs live in the flesh again, and meet new ones 
> :-)
> That's also what the LUG is about I think.
> I still have a Leica on some shelf BTW
> 
> See you soon Gerry & all
> 
> Amities
> Philippe
> 
> 
> 
> Le 11 sept. 13 ? 17:25, Gerry Walden a ?crit :
> 
>> I wish we could get over this constant discussion. When I first switched 
>> away from Leica I offered to resign from the LUG and was told very firmly 
>> that it was 'the spirit of Leica-shooting' which was essential rather 
>> than the gear itself. I think I have adequately proved over the 
>> intervening period that I shoot with the spirit of Leica but I am feeling 
>> increasingly unwelcome here. This stupidity needs a resolution, maybe a 
>> vote by all the true Leica shooters. In the meantime I will be enjoying 
>> my LUG gathering in Barcelona next week with no guilt, but whether I will 
>> still be a member here when I get back is another matter.
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>> Gerry Walden
>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>> www.gwpics.com
>> 
>> On 11 Sep 2013, at 16:21, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 11, 2013, at 12:20 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> A long long time ago Leica gear became an unaffordable waste to 
>>>>> discuss on
>>>>> the lug as soon as Cosina made bodies and lenses cheaper and earlier 
>>>>> to buy
>>>>> and sell and buy and sell.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The Leica S gets less attraction on the lug Geoff And you're right the
>>>>> Fuji and Olympus 1.5 crop rangefinders gets the continual day by day
>>>>> headlines.
>>> 
>>> Geoff shoots with stuff he doesn't need and can't use, while Mark 
>>> provides his usual commentary  bemoaning the
>>> Leica cause, while he shoots with Nikon....
>>> 
>>> and so it goes, this is the Leica Users Group.....
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
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> 
> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to 
> the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince.
> NO ARCHIVE
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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