Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leopoldo, Thanks for chiming in. A great story! Please don't lurk: your shared images would be appreciated (of course not all the time, but most of us are pretty grown up!). Hopefully, Bob Bob Adler > On Jan 10, 2014, at 11:33 AM, Leopold Green <leopoldgreen at mac.com> > wrote: > > I've lurked on this list since 1997 under various email addresses... I > came to the group when I bought my first Leica and picked up no end of > useful tips back then [not to mention a signed copy of This is our work.. > still the only photo book I own that people not interested in photography > are happy to look through...!]. I did drift away a bit in the mid 2000s as > there was too much digital for someone who was 100% film. I thought the M9 > looked great [and M9P greater, aesthetically] but there was no way I could > afford one and thus assumed I would be film forever but then they made the > Monochrom and suddenly digital made sense and I did find the money [mind > it involved selling my Noctilux - that really was a good investment!!! I > wish I had bought 10]. So this year I got to contribute to the yearbook > for the first time and that was a real thrill. > > If this was the Camera User Group I wouldn't stay as I wouldn't see the > relevance. I understand that for many Leica film users the 'Monochrom > moment' may never happen and they will use other equipment but the link > with Leica is still there and relevant. Were I to want to take colour > digital I doubt I could afford a M240 so hearing how well Leica lenses > work on the Sony this or the Fuji that is helpful but with no Leica link > at all as Tina says there are so many generic photo groups or I imagine > groups dedicated to Fuji/Sony/Olympus, etc. > > Sorry - I'll go back to lurking > > > Leopold > leopoldgreen at mac.com > >> On 10 Jan 2014, at 18:11, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: >> >> This is the Leica Users Group and the book is made by members of the Leica >> Users Group. Whether you use Leicas now or not, it is assumed that Leicas >> brought you to the group. I think the group would suffer if we totally >> lost our connection to Leica equipment and became a generic photo group. >> There are already too many of those. >> >> Leically, >> >> Tina >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Neal Friedenthal <neal at >> photoneal.com>wrote: >> >>> A truly impressive collection! >>> >>>> / Many images from photographers I don't recognize as posters here. >>> />/ Wish they would post more often as they are wonderful, but thank all >>> of you for contributing your images to the yearbook. Something to be >>> admired in each of them, IMO. >>> />/ best, >>> />/ Bob >>> / >>> >>> so true Bob, a beautiful collection of images representing the leica >>> users >>> group which we all are proud of... >>> >>> though it's certainly very silly and much out of synch (a curious >>> contradiction) for the cover to emphasize leica equipment, while the >>> inside >>> concentrates on images made with any photo equipment, often with nada in >>> the leica department... >>> >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> Steve, many of us who were long time Leica users and owners, I've owned >>> and used Leicas for more than 50 years, can no longer afford Leica new >>> digital cameras every two or three years and have opted for other makes. >>> If >>> Leica offered a versitile digital in the price range of the Olympus OM-D >>> I'd be shooting with it. As it is I still on occasion will mount an M >>> lens >>> on my Olympus. I sold my M8 three years ago I'd love to get a new M 240 >>> but at 7 grand I'll shoot the Olympus. >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >>> protection is active. >>> http://www.avast.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley >> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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