Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Allan Wafkowski Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 8:48 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: FOM 2/year 2 http://www.familyofman2.com/ Allan On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 08:10 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > What IS the FOM2 address? > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Alastair > Firkin > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 6:25 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Re: FOM 2/year 2 > > >> I too have an uneasiness about the FOM2 only accepting Leica taken >> photos. There is no way to enforce the demand. 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. > > Strangely, there has been quite a deal of "honesty" so far. It is > true, that the project is relying on a degree of participator > integrity ;-) > >> >> Steve, I love your photos, but your logic for excluding non-Leica >> cameras is weak. Leica is supporting FOM 2, but not financially? >> 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. > > Of course, I have many people telling me limiting it to the LUG is > elitist. Believe me Alan, you cannot win here. The restrictions are > not draconian. The project does not have a budget, or a team of full > time workers, etc, so there is a point in keeping the project > "boutique". > >> >> 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. > > Well perhaps that is what might happen, as you say, I cannot enforce > honesty. To be "honest", I can and do not enforce membership of the > LUG. People come and go off the list, and it is not possible to force > them all to read this list. The restriction is there, but the > application tries to be sensible. > > Cheers > -- > Alastair Firkin > > http://www.afirkin.com > > http://www.familyofman2.com > > ()" "'() > ( '0',) > (,,)(")(") > -- > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html