Re: [Leica] Is digital photography necrophilia?

[Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com>]

 >>>You say you had no problem tolerating Tilly hats, single malts, 
etc....and motorcycles, and cars, and pens, and hi-fi equipment. Then 
what's the problem with tolerating discussion of digital photography? 
It's at least relevant to a photography list<<<

Amen to that.

Jim - http://www.hemenway.com



B. D. Colen wrote:

> The reality, Rolfe, is that other than here and on photo-net,
> Leica-related talk is getting to be rarer and rarer. I'd point out, if I
> may, that those of us discussing digital more and more are people who
> have shot with Leicas, and very often still do shoot with Leicas, but
> have also embraced a new reality, and that reality is now part of our
> photographic lives. You say you had no problem tolerating Tilly hats,
> single malts, etc....and motorcycles, and cars, and pens, and hi-fi
> equipment. Then what's the problem with tolerating discussion of digital
> photography? It's at least relevant to a photography list, while all
> those other topics, which at times have completely dominated the list
> for days at a time, are utterly and complete irrelevant.
> 
> B. D.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Rolfe
> Tessem
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 1:12 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Is digital photography necrophilia?
> 
> 
> Jeff S wrote:
> 
> 
>>Rolfe,
>>
>>Let's preface any such comments by giving a nod of
>>thanks to our list admin for providing this service completely free of
> 
> 
>>charge, without ever so much as a banner ad or plea for donations!
> 
> 
> Yes, this goes without saying.
> 
> 
>>IMO, Leica-users has been wildly successful; so
>>successful in fact, that it's become a kind of virtual
>>pub, and longtime members have made it their second
>>home even as their enthusiasm for Leica in particular
>>has faded in favor of other pursuits. For more purely
>>Leica photo-related talk, I suggest the Leica forum at
>>photo.net: It's arranged in a way that makes ignoring unwanted threads
> 
> 
>>easy (but yes, there are banner ads).
>>
>>Jeff
> 
> 
> The problem is that the S/N ratio has gotten so out of control on the 
> LUG that it is defeating its original purpose. I'm willing to exercise 
> the delete key liberally, and have never commented negatively when 
> discussions stray into single malt scotches or Tilly hats. But when the 
> bulk of the traffic is increasingly made up of non-Leica photography 
> chatter (i.e. digital) then I think the participants need to exercise a 
> little more self-discipline about where to take those conversations. I 
> don't see why it should be me that leaves to find Leica-related talk 
> rather than the non-Leica talkers.
> 



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