Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/24

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Mortuary Science
From: Buzz Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:36:50 -0500

Fine, Bob Shell is a wonderful guy who knows more about photography than
anybody else on earth and generously shares that knowledge on a couple of
lists.  No argument.  All I am saying is that I personally, {that's me, not
you, not Mark Rabiner, not anybody else} found "Shutterbug" under his
direction to be of no use and let my subscription lapse.  I did not attack
Bob Shell.  I did not, "...poke fun at his (un)glamour content," (YOUR
WORDS, NOT MINE).  I did not take Bob Shell's name in vain.  Is that clear?

	Buzz Hausner

- -----Original Message-----
From: John Gong [mailto:jgong@cisco.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:41 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] Re: Mortuary Science


Buzz,

Bob Shell is very active on the contax slr mailing list. Although it's easy 
to poke fun at his (un)glamour content through the years, his connections 
in the photo equipment industry are tremendous, and it adds a lot of value 
to that list, as well as to the magazine.  I think that Bob remains a 
contributing editor.

John

At 07:41 AM 1/24/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>So, I'm a sucker...I'm walking by my local newsstand and I notice that
>"Shutterbug" has a picture of an M6 on the cover.  I let my "Shutterbug"
>subscription lapse several years ago, right after Bob Shell took over.  Low
>and behold!  There isn't one "Monte Zucker School of How to Make Your
>Wedding Clients Look Like Models From a Class In Mortuary Science"
articles.
>In fact, there were a couple of articles I found worth reading, including a
>run-down on fully manual cameras...M6 included.  The new editor is somebody
>named George Schaub and his manifesto wasn't exactly clear except to note
>that "Digital will not dominate our coverage."  Bob Shell has disappeared
>entirely from the staff block.
>
>Anybody have information on new directions for "Shutterbug" or knowledge of
>Mr. Schaub?