Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The question on the table related to - stuff in print on "appreciation" - of which there is more than can be read in a lifetime. You may see the authors as guff producers. I don't see them in that light. I see them simply as other's opinions. When we read other's opinions we are challenged to think about what they have said. We may agree or disagree - but we have thought about it. Thinking and looking leads to appreciation. Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com On Jul 10, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > In my experience, there are thousands of printed pages on someone > else's opinion of how we have to look at, see and hear things. > Most of which is absolute guff - with very few exceptions. The only > value of most of these is to the author - as a source of income - a > list like the LUG has far more value, as you always have the > opportunity to gather a mass of information and viewpoints - and > the opportunity to ask why a shot is good or bad - in more or less > real-time. The experience and expertise gathered here, on virtually > any subject you care to mention, is second to none.