[Leica] Re: Walt & other things

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

I suspect that Walt left for the same reason that Ted, I, and numerous
others, no longer participate actively in LUG lore. After deleting a solid
week of "pressure plate scratching film" and another week of "M6 shutter
accuracy", and a week of Why Read "Shudderbug," Anyway? there's not a
hellova lot to read or respond to. I stay subscribed because occasionally
someone posts a trip report (Tom A., Gary Todoroff, Tina Manley, etc.) or
someone has good info about what's happening (Pascal, Lucien, Bill Rosauer,
etc.), or just good info (Erwin, Marc Small, etc.) But these tidbits are
few and far between. Most of the traffic is "kibitzing" and while that's
OK, don't get me wrong, I'm personally tired of it, as I suspect others are
as well, and I have too much to do. Over the past months, I've been sorting
a day's worth of LUG by "WHO", then scanning those folks who usually have
reasonable thing to say, deleting the rest. If I have extra time, I'll read
more, if I have less time, I read less. I have people like Erwin, Tom A.,
Gary T., Tina, Ted, etc... filtered into a separate mailbox as I very much
like reading their posts. And sometimes, that's all I can read. These folks
seem to be able to put whole thoughts into print. Not just quips and innuendo.

But being in a startup, teaching Leica workshops, and other teachings, and
trying to actually make meaningful images of my own, in between all of
this, there just "ain't" enough time to go around. Especially to read a
week of "pressure plate scratching" etc... Jeez... just replace the damn
plate. A $24 part and four screws.

I happen to be home right now with a terrible cold, so I'm reading some of
this stuff.

I finished the Leica workshop yesterday, it was a resounding success. All
of the participants took great photographs. I got the six 30x40 Ciba's, I
had printed, back from the lab last Thursday. They are stunning (not my
words), but I agree. I'm having a bunch of 11x14 & 16x20's done now. I'm
also going to try a 30x40 Lightjet print (it's on the house, including the
drum scan) so all I have to do is pick the transparency. That's difficult.

Now back to coughing, sneezing, and blowing my nose.

Jim

At 08:17 AM 4/21/99 -0700, you wrote:
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>Perhaps Walt left on account of the lack of any substantive discussion about
>photgraphy per se as compared to the endless volume of traffic about this or
>that lens.
>
>jh
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