Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/21

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Subject: [Leica] LFI
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:45:26 +0200
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Without having seen this particular issue of LFI, let us not forget  
that the magazine is allegedly independent of Leica and makes its own  
editorial choices. I subscribed to it for a couple of years in the  
late 1990s but found that the photography was generally of poor  
quality and a bad showcase for Leica, and the articles were poorly  
written as well. I don't know if the quality of the magazine has  
improved since, but it doesn't sound like it.

Nathan

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On Sep 22, 2009, at 3:27 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Eh?  Valid personal taste certainly if you prefer using your film  
> cameras or
> dislike the fashion shots in that article but that's a pretty serious
> accusation to level at LFI magazine and the photographer. Extremely  
> unlikely
> in my opinion.
> I don't know how much you can judge from magazine printed examples,  
> still I
> thought they were reasonable examples of resolution and resistance  
> to moire
> for instance. Fashion/beauty work probably more than any other  
> relies on
> extensive post processing to achieve particular ' looks'. Can you  
> explain
> why you think they are fake or why you dislike them?
> 2009/9/22 Douglas Nygren <dnygr at cshore.com>
>
>> Got my new LFI today.
>> The photos with the S2 looked fake. (Wouldn't insult farm animals  
>> by using
>> it to photograph them!!) The M9's images were better, but the best  
>> results
>> in the issue came from Leica's film cameras.
>>
>> I'm going to hold onto my film cameras.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>
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>
> -- 
> Cheers
> Geoff
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] LFI)
In reply to: Message from dnygr at cshore.com (Douglas Nygren) ([Leica] LFI)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] LFI)