[Leica] Unsubscribing

[Bernard Quinn]

Gerry,

Mostly I lurk, but still I am sorry to see you go. I wish that you would reconsider.

When I was a boy in the 1950’s my Dad gave me his old Rolleicord, and later his old Rolleiflex. The old Rollei is still working fifty years later. My Brother Brian has it now. It was very much a one size fits all camera. It met my needs for years. Later, when I was in college, I got a leica IIIc. That’s when I became addicted. I think that modern technology poses a real challenge for a camera group. There is no longer any such a thing as a one size fits all camera, and if you can not ask your family about something  you have on your mind then whom can you ask? And, yes, at the end of the day the LUG is a family. One made up of a group of very talented and interesting individuals.

I do not think that that photography is about equipment. It has to do with light, and images, and composition to be sure. But when all is said and done photography is, like all art, about people and their experiences. 

That’s why I stay. The people. I hope that you could see your way clear to doing that, too.

Thanks,

Barney

Make America Gaga Again!



> On Aug 29, 2018, at 9:32 AM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Gerry,
> As you say we will continue our contact as allways.
> For me as Tina says the LUG is like a family place, it is not a problem the
> equipment used, it is even interesting see what other World is beyond Leica
> when managed from real photographers. Facebook is an i nteresting point but
> many said "photographers" are like teenagers Likes collectors, I think that
> for meet real photographers and have serious discussions the LUG is better.
> Cheers
> Lluis
> 
> El mié, 29 de agosto de 2018 14:58, Gerry Walden via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> escribió:
> 
>> Douglas
>> 
>> Of course we all know that virtually anything can be photographed using
>> the excellent Leica equipment that is around. However I personally think
>> that this group should be for the users of Leica equipment. Know I fully
>> accept that when I offered to leave the group in 2012 because I had
>> switched to Fuji equipment I was invited to stay because my work was such
>> that could be done on a Leica, and I was grateful of the opportunity to do
>> so. However if I were coming new to the group as a Leica user and saw that
>> a large majority of the discussion and work was on equipment that was not
>> Leica, even to the extent that Hasselblad digital has been discussed here,
>> I would question whether it was a “Leica Users Group” or just a run of the
>> mill photographic group.
>> 
>> To answer your question, the ethos of Leica photography is using Leica
>> equipment to capture the world, mainly in a documentary way.
>> 
>> I value the friendships of people here such as Lluis and Ted amongst
>> others, but I am now finding that most of the posts here have little or no
>> interest to me, and there are so many other places that show work in what I
>> consider the true ethos of Leica, that I have reluctantly decided to move
>> on.
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>> Gerry Walden LRPS
>> www.gwpics.com
>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 29 Aug 2018, at 11:19, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sorry to hear that, Gerry. However, I do have a question: what do you
>> think the ethos of Leica photography is?
>>> 
>>> Douglas
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 29/08/2018 09:34, Gerry Walden via LUG wrote:
>>>> I am sorry to say that I am unsubscribing from this board as I feel it
>> has less and less relevance to the ethos of Leica photography. Those who
>> think it is worthwhile can still see my work at the website below, and
>> through various places such as Facebook, Twitter etc.
>>>> 
>>>> It has been a fun ride!
>>>> 
>>>> Gerry
>>>> 
>>>> Gerry Walden LRPS
>>>> www.gwpics.com
>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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