Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Says the man who has only shot Nikon for the past decade? ;-). The slope isn?t slippery. On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 12:53 AM Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > The slippery slope fallacy. > If we allow Nikons we must allow Cell phones. > Nothing in the end matters. It's all a big joke. > It doesn?t matter what gear you use. > > > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > > ?On 9/24/19, 1:31 AM, "LUG on behalf of Sonny Carter via LUG" > <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > You?re probably going to get a Rolls when you buy one, but if you buy a > Bentley, it?s made by VW, as are Skodas, Seat, Lamborghini and Bugatti, > among others. > > Leica has rebranded Minoltas, Fuji, Panasonic, Sigma, Schneider and I > understand they?re getting ready to make a Leica and brand it a > Zenit! How > about them apples? Of course the LUMIX wears Leica branded lenses as > does > the Huewei phone/camera. > > In truth, I don?t think we can legally put the Leica brand on our > cover, > though we may have in the past. > > Drawing lines in the sand can get awfully confusing. > > SonC > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 11:31 PM Gerry Walden via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > I want to make it clear that I agree 100% that the gear doesn?t > matter, > > but it does matter if you put the name LEICA on the front of the > book. If I > > buy a Rolls Royce and it has cheap plastic seats instead of leather > it is > > not good enough for the seller to say ?but it says Rolls Royce on the > > bonnet!? > > > > Sorry, but that is the way I feel. > > > > Gerry > > > > Gerry Walden > > 023 8046 3076 > > 0797 287 7932 > > > > > On 23 Sep 2019, at 23:16, Ken Carney via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > That's the way it seems to me. I can't see how the gear matters, > just > > the photograph. That is a good idea about a commitment to purchase > the > > book. Maybe a purchase up front as a condition to submitting photos? > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > On 9/22/2019 2:06 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > > >> I think that the yearbook should be as open as the LUG gallery. > Most > > of us > > >> have Leica's and use them but not always or even mostly. If we > want the > > >> best images then the device taking them is not so important. > What I do > > >> want is a commitment by the Luggers who submit images that they > > purchase a > > >> yearbook. Brian will determine a charitable cause that is > important to > > him > > >> and a charitable donation through a yearbook purchase(s) is one > way of > > >> paying him back for the hard work that putting this book together > > entails. > > >> > > >> Last, please don't complain if an editorial decision is made that > you > > don't > > >> agree with. It is Brian's saloon and he has bellied up to the > yearbook > > bar > > >> when no one else did. He committed, we didn't so no complaints > please. > > >> Suggestions before are probably greatly appreciated but once the > > decisions > > >> are made let us all be good submitters and find two or so great > images > > so > > >> that we can see what all of us have been up to in the best > artistic > > >> fashion. Spaniels are great, airplanes are great, trains are > wonderful, > > >> grand(great grand)children are to be envied, street, fine art, > > landscape, > > >> whatever just submit some great images. > > >> > > >> all the best > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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