Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/29

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Last minute advice
From: Matthews Brian <MatthewB@cbia.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:03:12 -0400

Ain't trollin' just tellin' it like it be for me. I know all this is heresy
for LUGGERS but as Lennie Bruce said, Ya can't silence the lunatics........

- -----Original Message-----
From: Mark Rabiner [mailto:mrabiner@concentric.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 2:52 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Last minute advice


Matthews Brian wrote:
> 
> If I had it to do again I would have saved the $$ and passed on the Leica
> purchases. I find I use my F4 and H-blad systems much more. Reason? The
> rangerfinder-viewfinder of the Leica is cluttered, no DOF preview,and AF
is
> something I use a lot. While the Leica is a precision instrument to be
> admired, it stays in the cabinet most of the time. And while the Leica
> prints are considerably more detailed, I get better content with the F4
> because it frees me to concentrate.
><snip>
Is this what is known in the Email/newsgroup biz as an obvious troll? Or
is it trol?
Sounds kind of Gnome like.
Mark Rabiner

I looked it up:
troll
A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, variously portrayed as
a friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives in caves, in
the hills, or under bridges. [Ultimately from Old Norse.]