Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]He's just glad this didn't crop up when he was on vacation :) On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Phong wrote: > > Brian hasn't said a thing. > > Doesn't mean he approves or disapproves. > If there is a God, I'd like him to be like Brian. > Create the world, then leave it alone. Once in a > while, make an appearance so that people, especially > some clergy folks, know that there is a God. :-) > > All kidding aside, the success of the LUG lies not > in Leica, but in Brian's non-intervention > which lets a hundred flowers bloom, to > borrow a recent Chinese Communist phrase. > There are other Leica lists, and I find them stale. > > It's Leica that brought us to the LUG, but > it's our other interests that bring us together. > > - Phong > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of bdcolen > > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 4:36 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: RE: [Leica] RE: Re: No digital comments? > > > > > > David - I use and enjoy Leica Ms; three M6s, two Abrahamson winders, > > four Leica lenses and one Cosina lens. They are part of my photo tool > > kit. > > > > But I own them not because they are Leicas, but because they are the > > best rangefinder cameras I could find, and they fit my shooting style. > > My interest in photography is an interest in - photography. I want to > > create outstanding images, and hope that once and a while I succeed. I > > want to share my images with people with an interest in - photography. I > > want to look at outstanding images, and care not with what they are > > shot, because I know enough about photography to understand what counts > > is the image, no the camera used to capture it. I also know enough about > > photography to know that I can improve my own images by studying the > > images of others, no matter what they were shot with. > > > > I chose to belong to this list because I share with people on this list > > the use of Leica cameras, and because I have a number of friends here. I > > am here because this is an interesting community. > > > > Frankly, if this becomes a Leica-only list - and it has not been such in > > the - what? four? - years I have been a member - I will have little > > interest in remaining. Because, frankly, if it becomes a Leicaverted > > list many of the best photographers, and many of the most interesting > > people, will be gone. > > > > So before you push to hard for brand cleansing here, consider that, > > given her post today, you will be pushing the likes of Tina Manley out > > the door. > > > > And by the way, while I am certainly aware of Brian's rules for the > > list, I note that most of this hankering to discuss and show nothing but > > Leica images comes from those who are Leica-come-latelies to the list - > > and Brian hasn't said a thing. > > > > B. D. > > > -- > 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