Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, Before we go too far down this path. Are we sure the original post was from Erwin? I am only asking given the rather rampant email "spoofing" we have seen on th eLUG lately. I have not checked, but thought Agatha might want to. Regards, Doug Douglas Richard Lee Cinnaminson, NJ - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@powersurfr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 12:15 PM Subject: Re: Vs: [Leica] Rangefinder Whiteout Problem - The Answer fromLeica > That is not the issue. Here is the quote again: > > Erwin wrote: > > "as I told you earlier, this is indeed part of the problem. > But while I know the problem, the causes and the solution, I was forbidden > to mention it." > > > From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.m.korhonen@uusikaupunki.fi> > > > > What´s the discrepancy? He received some information - and got to try a sample > > M7 - but had to agree not to publish it before a certain date. This is not so > > unusual. I´m sure other journalists get much the same treatment - at least Pop > > Photo has admitted as much. > > All the best! > > Raimo > > Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho > > > > -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- > > Lähettäjä: John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com> > > Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Päivä: 11. maaliskuuta 2002 17:10 > > Aihe: Re: [Leica] Rangefinder Whiteout Problem - The Answer from Leica > > > > > >> OK I will be the one to be blunt. > >> > >> We just had a long thread where Erwin stated in no uncertain terms that he > >> was completely independent of Leica. It appears that this may not have been > >> the case and that he was not allowed to write the M7 review he wanted to. I > >> would like to have this discrepancy explained. > >> > >> This forum IS the place to discuss this. > >> > >> John Collier > >> > >> > >>> From: Pascal <cyberdog@attglobal.net> > >>> > >>>> On 11-03-2002 14:05 Emanuel Lowi wrote: > >>> > >>>> Erwin Puts wrote: > >>>> > >>>> "Hi Lucien, > >>>> > >>>> as I told you earlier, this is indeed part of the problem. > >>>> But while I know the problem, the causes and the solution, I was forbidden > >>>> to mention it." > >>>> > >>>> Erwin -- So many of us rely on and enjoy your generous willingness to share > >>>> Leica-related opinions and test findings with us here and in your published > >>>> works. I > >>>> am therefore alarmed by your statement above. To allay this concern, could > >>>> you > >>>> please > >>>> detail the source of this prohibition on your free expression, and what > >>>> sanctions -- > >>>> real or implied -- compelled you to self-censor in compliance. > >>> > >>> > >>> I think this is part of a private email conversation that was not intended > >>> to be on the LUG forum. I think the wise thing to do would be not to pursue > >>> this on this forum. > >>> > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html