Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/25

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Subject: OFF-LIST - NOT FOR QUOTATION OR REPOSTING IN ANY FORM RE: [Leica] DR. BLACKTAPE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS QUESTION REGARDING ERWIN PUTTS' "REVIEW OF THE NEW M7...
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:01:23 -0500

I am Dr. Blacktape. My name is B. D. Colen. I use three M6s professionally,
along with a pair of Nikon F100s. I teach documentary
photography/photojournalism at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT). I was a print journalist for 23 years and won a Pulitzer Prize for
reporting. Is that enough about who I am?

As to my "attack" - It wasn't an attack - it was simply pointing out the
obvious. Many sections of that review read exactly like Leica advertising
copy. The M7 may well be the best Leica ever made - but only time will tell.
What we know in the meantime is that Mr. Putts is now waxing eloquent over
features which, in the past, he has dismissed as unnecessary and contrary to
the Leica "philosophy" - and the idea of their being a Leica "philosophy" it
pretty funny in and of itself - it's  a bit like referring to the hammer
philosophy, or the belt sander philosophy. Leicas are tools for making
photographic images - not philosophers. And they are tools that most serious
photographers use as part of a larger tool kit.

Anyway, if you want to worship at the Church of Putts, better hurry in as
the pews are very crowded. ;-)

Best wishes,

Dr. Blacktape

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Johan
Ericson
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:24 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] DR. BLACKTAPE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE AN EXTREMELY
SERIOUS QUESTION REGARDING ERWIN PUTTS' "REVIEW OF THE NEW M7...
Importance: High


Who is You DR. BLACKTAPE???
I'm new on the list and I find this sort of “attack”
disturbing and revealing a lack of common sense. If
this is the way “Leica users” are discussing matters,
this is not the forum for me!

Johan Ericson
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Private E-Mail:
johan.ericson@communitymma.se

- -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Från: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]För B. D. Colen
Skickat: den 24 februari 2002 19:04
Till: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Ämne: [Leica] DR. BLACKTAPE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS
QUESTION REGARDING ERWIN PUTTS' "REVIEW OF THE NEW M7...


...AND OF ALL OTHER THINGS LEICA.

Erwin Putts gets an M7 ONE YEAR ahead of release - when Leica is denying
that there will ever BE an M7. He gets extensive tours of the factory prior
to release, so that he can describe in worshipful prose the ancient sewing
machines, manned by the skilled Portuguese seamstress sewing the shutter
curtain.

Are we really expected to continue to believe that Erwin and his reports are
what any neutral observer would call "independent" of Leica and truly
objective?  We would suggest that we should judge his reports just as we
judge Leica's advertising materials, press releases, and the endorsements
from photographers to whom it gives free cameras.


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