[Leica] usenet flames (was re: hexarrf ...)

[shino@ubspainewebber.com]

it's the same right now.  there's been a huge firefight there over
herb keppler's comments about leica vs. pentax in the latest
pop photo (and they were pretty reasonable comments on keppler's part).

there's actually any number of camps in this fight;
people for and against the leica, people for and against keppler
and pop photo.  (as for me, i like leicas, i like keppler, and i generally
like pop photo.)

generally, any posting with "Leica" in the header is guaranteed to
generate replies.  i just say "M6" to avoid confrontation.

- -rei

> 
> It's a Usenet newsgroup.
> 
> From what I can remember when I used Usenet and was a member, any mention of
> Leica would result in a tread of several hundred messages. These would be
> split into one of two camps. Those who owned, or wanted to own, Leicas
> saying how wonderful the cameras and lenses were, and those who didn't own
> Leicas saying that they were overpriced pieces of jewellery. Believe me, the
> flames that we sometimes get here were _nothing_ in comparison to the
> religious wars that occurred in that newsgroup.
> 
> Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Guy Bennett
> Sent: 26 April 2001 05:24
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: HexarRF User Group
> 
> 
> >[snip]
> >And we probably all know what effect mentioning Leica has on
> >rec.photo.equipment.35mm.
> >
> >Dan
> 
> 
> Dan,
> 
> What is "rec.photo.equipment.35mm" and what is the response to Leica stuff?
> 
> Guy
>