Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/11

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Monochrome
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 00:22:03 -0400
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I haven't heard of any way to discuss photography without being emotive.
Encouraging members to explore & express differences seems very healthy to
me. That makes for vitality. Denying this in the interest of creating a
euphoric tone or illusion of unity is somewhat repressive.

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Lew I did not say taken over the list. I was taking about a thread on the
> new Leica product announcements.
> Yes, "Occupy the LUG'' was meant to be light hearted. I recognise in
> general the issues that are frustrating and angering some members of
> course. I could fill some pages with what is happening in Australia right
> now but they wouldn't belong in discussions on photography or Leica!
>
> In my view off topic discussions in the LUG general threads, especially
> emotive ones, are divisive and distracting from talking about photography
> in general and Leica in particular. This is a broad and international
> church.
> Brian provides a separate forum for those discussions and anyone is welcome
> to join.
> I'll leave it at that but you're welcome to email me off list if you wish.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
>
> On 11 May 2012 22:09, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If they can't express their views, then it's not "open." It's an
> > exaggeration to state that they have "taken over" the list, so I take it
> > that this remark was meant humorously. OTOH, if their views are not to
> your
> > liking you can ignore them, no?
> >
> > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Fair go guys!  How did discussion of new Leica products get taken over
> by
> > > an Occupy LUG movement?
> > > I respect people's personal circumstances of course but in my view
> these
> > > socio/political discussions don't belong in this open forum.
> > >
> > > Leica Camera announced some new products that are expensive and will
> only
> > > sell to a niche market.
> > > That ought to be a very familiar scenarion to all and despite whatever
> > > economic conditions recently Leica Camera has done better than for many
> > > years and is selling everything that they can make. In the case of M
> > lenses
> > > especially, into a long waiting list too.
> > >
> > > I'm unlikely to buy any M Monochrom but I can certainly see the appeal
> to
> > > dedicated photographers such as Tina.
> > > The new APO Summicron ASPH is a remarkable achievement too and yes the
> > > price is very high indeed.
> > > I'm looking forward to what their advances will mean for the next
> > > generation M as well. Some may have noticed that Leica Camera has
> booked
> > a
> > > much larger area for the coming Photokina this time. I doubt that we've
> > > heard of all of their new products announcements for 2012 yet either.
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Geoff
> > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > -Lew S.
> >
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-- 
-Lew S.


Replies: Reply from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Leica Monochrome)
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