[Leica] Leica users group, LUG, so what does that mean?

[john.nebel at csdco.com (John Nebel)]

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On 1/31/16 1:56 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
> Leica users group, LUG,  what does that mean?  Several individuals
> have confided to me recently, "it?s really a state of mind?.  Let?s
> face it, there are few offerings of interest from Leica these days,
> that we can afford, or desire to, while more and more  we all find
> great offerings from many other camera and lens makers. We all insist
> we are leica devotees, yet many of us, if not most, are using other
> makers' cameras and lenses. We often find that leica lenses from the
> past, actually work as well on other makers current camera bodies,
> sometimes better than on leica?s own bodies. We publish a wonderful
> yearly book of photos, that we call the LUG yearbook, yet insist that
> the photos can come from any and all camera/lens sources,  and images
> do originate from many other sources. We criticize robustly, even
> occasionally correctly, the offerings from Leica, their appearance,
> technical details, prices, yet we remain here and claim to be Leica
> users. So what is it that we have in common, that keeps here in this
> group, why do we self identify as Leica users ?
>
> There are some truly great photographers here, not because they use
> leicas, other reasons may exist. We really are a community, sometimes
> even a family, occasionally very dysfunctional. Some of the most
> opinionated among us use leicas, or used to, or desire to, even
> though at present that use is limited, or nonexistent.
>
> We are at present, among the most capable, open minded, flexible,
> sure of ourselves, opinionated, fractious, difficult, stuck up
> shooters that exist.
>
> It may be time to talk.
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> steve
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