Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All of my LUG year book pix have been shot with a Leica or a like-a-Leica, or I was thinking about my Leica when I snapped the shot. One time, I whispered "Wetzlar" as I pushed the button . . . ;-) On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > No decisions needed Larry. The next book will be open to any kind of photo > made with any kind of device by any person that submits it. That is exactly > as it is now. We only ask that the photos be made in the current year, as > it is a yearbook. > > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 12 January 2014 01:55, <lrzeitlin at aol.com> wrote: > > > Geoff, > > You have some serious decisions to make. You have said that a picture > made > > with any camera with a Leica lens on the front is a Leica picture. But > > there are other possibilities. What about a picture made with a Leica > > camera with a Canon lens on the front? Or a Nikon lens? How about > pictures > > made with cameras emblazoned with the Leica logo but made by other > > companies? I have Leica's premier early digital, a Digilux Zoom, totally > > manufactured by Fuji. I also have a Panasonic with a Leica lens. How > about > > pictures made with a Sinar? Or a Minox, a company once owned by Leica. I > > have plenty of Minox pictures, some pretty good. Are they now Leica > photos? > > Also what about Leica lenses not made by Leica? During WW2 Leitz-New York > > substituted the Wollensak Velostigmat for the 90mm Elmar, same mount, > > equivalent results. Leica also authorized other lenses to be used on LTM > > cameras. And, of course there is the Leica CL, the best small Leica ever > > made, except that my camera and lens were mad > > e by Minolta. > > It's a jungle out there. > > Larry Z? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA