Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If the only thing discussed on this list was the technical aspects of Leicas, there'd be no need for the list - because in that case, literally anything one can find on the list one can more easilly find in a book....What makes the list interesting is the occassional discussion of photography, and the use of Leicas as tools in the persuit of that art/craft...to say nothing of hearing about people's experiences over the years photographing, bathing in cow dung, wading through mud slides in Central America, hiking with their daughter in the mountains, hanging out with Goth babes, etc...... :-) B. D. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of tom coleman > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 11:41 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Off Topic Topics. Can we get back to Leica > RelatedDiscussion. > > > I weigh in on the side of allowing and encouraging more topics than > attempting to restrict to Leica technical topics only. The political > correctness discussion was stimulating and I learned from it. If folks > are feeling like their is too much extraneous stuff on within our group > they can simply ignore or delete when they see a 'subject' they're not > interested in. > > For me, many of these topics, some closely related and some seemingly > far afield, help create the total photographic experience, Leica > or otherwise. > > Regard, > > Tom Coleman > > > > > Tina Manley wrote: > > > > At 09:16 PM 7/18/00 -0500, you wrote: > > > > >Going through this issue, it was difficult to find ANYTHING > directly related > > >to Leica. Unfortunately, this is all too typical of recent > discourse on the > > >LUG. Can we kindly get back to the subject at hand and > dispense with all of > > >this? There are other newsgroups relating to darkrooms, political > > >correctness, Contax, Nikon, digital printing, etc. > > > > > >Respectfully, > > > > > >Jim Licquia > > > > I think that discussing how we use our Leicas to make photographs is > > certainly relevant and more helpful to me than debating the relative > > resolution of different editions of lenses! > > > > Leically, > > > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > http://www.tinamanley.com >