[Leica] LUG yearbook

[Sonny Carter]

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
>     > >>
>     > >
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>     Regards,
>
>     Sonny
>     http://sonc.com/look/
>     Natchitoches, Louisiana
>     1714
>     Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
>
>     USA
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Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA