Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Allan Wafkowski writes: > I too have an uneasiness about the FOM2 only accepting Leica taken > photos. There is no way to enforce the demand. That is true, but there is the old fashioned honor system--probably out of date. > Any photo taken with any > camera and lens can be submitted. Are the entries going to be > authenticated by bokeh? Truth is, any slob with a point-and-shoot can > enter FOM2. The demand leads already weak human nature down the path of > dishonesty. > > Steve, I love your photos, but your logic for excluding non-Leica > cameras is weak. I did not make up the rules and I am only passing on what I remember to be the rules. > Leica is supporting FOM 2, but not financially? Sorry, conjecture on my part--I see that the FOM 2 url is on the Leica website, so I assume they recognize the FOM 2, that is the only support I know about. > What > does that mean: We use $2000+ Leica cameras and $1200 Leica lenses and > Solms gives out a self-satisfied grin? LUG membership is required to > enter FOM2. Good. There is no reason to tamper with that requirement, so > we need not fear the "tens-of-thousands" of unwanted entries. Why is life so complicated? > > A FOM2 that required LUG membership, but allowed any camera to be used > and what do you get: A bunch of people who love and use Leicas, but who > also like to take a shot with their Olympus XA-2 or whatever camera they > have at the moment, and if the shot comes out good, maybe send it to > FOM2. Like I said, the old fashioned honor system is probably out of date. > > Allan sl > > > Steve LeHuray wrote: >> Jeffery, >> >> I think the Leica only requirement is because it is open to members of >> the >> Leica Users Group (LUG). Also because Leica is supporting (NOT >> financially) >> the FOM 2. So I do not see it being thrown open to all and any cameras. >> Also >> if it was thrown open to non-LUG members we could see tens-of-thousands >> entries, which makes no sense. >> >> As I recall you have a Leica so what is the problem? > > -- > 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