Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Erwin, I find your comments condescending. WHen I first started on this list I found the small fragment of the group to be in control of the LUG. It was a religion to this so-called "gang of 5" and anything to the contrary was blasphemy. Leica cameras were canonized during this time and I think we now have a wide ranging group with opinions. To use an insolent tone and state "This list might evolve into a mature and resourcefull body of Leica info (as I once hoped it would automatically grow to this stature)," only shows we have obviously have hit your hot button. Hey Erwin, lighten up. We all have opinions, right, wrong or indifferent. I for one prefer a bit of humor and controversy when compared to a thread on "How I stroked my lens last night." Peter K - -----Original Message----- From: Erwin Puts [mailto:imxputs@knoware.nl] Sent: Sunday, May 09, 1999 1:48 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] anti-Leica-ism? This list nowadays seems to be dominated by a very small fragment of the group who are as blatantly anti-Leica as unjustified. We have individuals who profess their very obvious dislike of the Leica products, individuals who obsessively scrutinize anything Leica produces or announces to find even the most minor typing error and we have individuals who seem to believe that Leica's strategy and product range is focused on extinction. Now I do think a well reasoned and factsupported stance is to be wellcomed in a list that indeed might be inclined to see the Leica marque through tinted glasses and be benign to all kinds of errors the factory could make. I do think too that this list is composed of humorous, well educated enthousiasts for the Leica marque in all its aspects, technical. historical, and artistical. These hundreds of individuals deserve and demand respect for their expertise, knowledge and use of the Leica products and they also know how to get support and replacements if anything goes wrong with the product or when a product is defective. So it is with Porsche, BMW, Rolls Royce and Nikon, Zeiss etc. It is gratefully acknowledged as someone notes a defect that seems to be structural in stead of incidental. It is also gratefully accepted if someone has really factbased information about the marque and its products to share it with this list. But the "i-heard-from-my-local-dealer-who-knows-a-Leica-rep-who-knows-..." type of topics should be presented in a responsable way so that everybody can assess as rumour. If then somebody wants to make this topic into a thread we all can ignore it. This list might evolve into a mature and resourcefull body of Leica info (as I once hoped it would automatically grow to this stature). We all share the responsibility to keep this list interesting. We should spend all this considerable energy (scores of posts a day!!) being focused on positive and constructive experience sharing about Leica. Erwin