Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/11

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Subject: [Leica] I am holding on my hand m39 my vivitar 28mm f2.5
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 18:06:06 -0700

Made by Kiron.  Leica screw mount.  No rf coupling.  Seems to have proper 
back focus. $75.  Normal black 1970s look.  Help. 

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> On Apr 11, 2016, at 2:37 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> And if the norm of unattended, file shepherded, or inaccesible emails in 
> our age groups is higher, then 841 subscribers might be a bit optimistic, 
> but it's still a lot of people, and you'd think that a higher number of 
> them than 72 would submit images.
> 
> However, there has been a drop off in image viewings over the recent past. 
> I see even Jim Shulman's numbers are down to a third of what they used to 
> be a few years ago.
> 
> If, like myself, many here have not ventured to digital Leicas because of 
> reliability issues, and the main take up of new Leicas is in non English 
> speaking countries like Russia, China, etc., then there has to be 
> shrinkage in LUG posts, images submitted to the LUG galleries, and views 
> of same.
> 
> I certainly wouldn't be advocating marketing the yearbook for the reasons 
> outlined by FF, but would have anticipated more buying of the book among 
> the 72.
> 
> Douglas
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reid" <reid at 
> mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 8:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG Yearbook sales
> 
> 
>> 
>>> Lugland has a population of 1,000? Where did that figure come from as it
>>> seems surprisingly large to me?
>> 
>> We are down to 841 subscribers. The all-time high was about 1500, in 2001.
>> 
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