[Leica] Re: Incidentally, why are there so few women on the LUG?

[Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>]

Tina is that rare jewel, that shines through. Regardless of how disgusting,
how derogatory, how crude, whatever... "you" ;) folks get, she turns a deaf
ear and continues to be the steadfast anchor, that we all look up to as the
essence of a Leica photographer.

And that gem about photography that she waits for, well, I think the wait
is getting longer and longer as time passes.

We love you Tina, and are so very happy that you choose to hang around this
grungy bunch of Leica nuts.

Jim


At 06:42 PM 6/29/00 -0400, Tina Manley wrote:
>As the woman most frequently on the LUG (I'm not sure what that says about 
>me!), I have to chime in here.  I care about equipment to the extent that I 
>want the equipment to perform when I need it.  It astounds me that LUGnuts 
>can say, "I took this with the early edition of the Summilux at f5.6 and 
>1/60th of a second."   I have a general idea of which lens I used but 
>that's it!  I buy the fastest lenses, the cheapest I can find them and use 
>them wide open at the slowest speed I can hold them.  That's why I need 
>Leica's.   I'm on the LUG list because I love you all and put up with all 
>of the talk about equipment to get the gems that you all occasionally 
>contribute about photography.
>
>Leically,
>
>Tina