Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:35 PM 10/7/96 -0400, you wrote: You're right mostly on the pre 50s Leica, I'm sure. I seem to remember they originally put out the Leica camera to provide employment for their workser, so that would imply they weren't a powerhouse. >Third, as to Bob Shell, he hardly owns Shutterbug -- look to the masthead of >the magazine. Bob has a fairly schlocky close-to-porn studio about forty >miles from me. I used to be his county attorney, though we've never met. >We do exchange some vicious FAXes on occasion, a practice which will cease >as soon as my current subscription lapses. I'm TIRED of Regie and Zucker >and so forth. Schlock is the word! His stuff is lousy, but we need to be fair in what we say. He doesn't own Shutterbug, but he is the editor, and in this business, if the editor wants, or doesn't want something, it does or doesn't happen, unless the publisher intervenes. I suspect that's the way it is there. And I don't read the magazine for the articles, I read it for the ads. That's the ONLY publication I do that. =========== Eric Welch Grants Pass, OR