Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joe, Take a look at Tina's Noctilux photos!!! Art Peterson -----Original Message----- From: Joe Codispoti [mailto:joecodi@thegrid.net] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 1:36 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] it DOESN'T work well for leica! From: "Kyle Cassidy" <cassidy@netaxs.com> the www.toycamera.com group and the leica uses > group, THEY KICK OUR ASSES every time. i'm absolutely serious, SNIP > go ahead and look at their galleries. then ask yourself why you spent > $1400 on that m6. > we still need to come up with a credo for the LUG; this ain't it though. >kc Could it be that aside of a few LUG professionals and others who make good photos for a living or for profit, the rest of us are too concerned about the latest, sharpest, bokehest, and microcontrastiest instead of art, soul, and content? As an example I will name only one instance: Of all the sample photos shown by LUG members which were taken with a Noctilux, I cannot name a single one whose pictorial merit would justify the enormous expenses of such a lens. Joseph Codispoti