Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I have been a subscriber for probably 20 years. I have finally had enough. > I would not renew my subscription this year. The magazine has been just > plain too marketing oiriented rather than photography and especially > portfolio oriented. Frank, you are right on. I've been a subscriber since the early 70's. Each year for the last three or four I have said to myself, this year I'm going to drop it. But with a 30-year collection finally sent in the check. The other bad aspect for me has been the waste of time looking through a glossy advertising brochure, time that I need to spend elsewhere. And on the LUG getting myself in trouble with Mitch over Amtrak. > Yes, I liked the older format whereby there were 90% portfolios, and an > occasional article on some aspect of a new camera/lens gadget or thing I > could buy. It was for many years an outstanding publication. > The new format is plain advertising with a cursory portfolio > added. Additional issue: IMO the photography is for the most part pedestrian at best and mediocre at worst. Finally, the piece a couple if issues ago on the plight of the Palestinians was accompanied by text that was so blatantly political and anti-Israeli that it literally took my breath away. > There is a lot of nerve in SELLING me advertising. This time I speak with > my wallet. > > Frank Filippone me too. Seth LaK 9 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html