Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thomas J. Donovan wrote: > > I've always had a hard time with writers who comment > on gear that they haven't used. It's not so bad once or > twice; but, when it's written again & again..ETERNALLY ;-) Point well taken, Donovan. My sincere apologies to you and other regulars. You are right: "again and again" is fastidious... But (of course there is a "but") the absence of searchable archives, the sheer quantity of posts per day and the fact that I am far from being the only parrot on a list where new readers seem to appear every day, make it very difficult for me to shut up and not communicate a point of view which I still find relevant. I am usually not the first one to start ranting. The relevance of it is not based on personal experience with the R equipment - I am totally candid about that - but on my close observation of images in their final form: magazines, web sites, etc. i am not going to repeat it, do not worry, and I am very happy for people who are themselves happy with their equipment. I simply do not want newcomers, even with the means, to invest 2 years of house mortgage payback in a gear that they believe will give them a quantum advantage in quality for their hobby. The competitive advantage is minute, the costs are unbelievably high. Sorry, oops, I did it again. I do not like ice-cream by the way. Friendly regards Alan