Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Should I cancel my flight tickets? I'll be bringing a nikon and a fuji along, and Alice will probably sport her Oly ... No - I want to see some LUGGERs live in the flesh again, and meet new ones :-) That's also what the LUG is about I think. I still have a Leica on some shelf BTW See you soon Gerry & all Amities Philippe Le 11 sept. 13 ? 17:25, Gerry Walden a ?crit : > I wish we could get over this constant discussion. When I first > switched away from Leica I offered to resign from the LUG and was > told very firmly that it was 'the spirit of Leica-shooting' which > was essential rather than the gear itself. I think I have adequately > proved over the intervening period that I shoot with the spirit of > Leica but I am feeling increasingly unwelcome here. This stupidity > needs a resolution, maybe a vote by all the true Leica shooters. In > the meantime I will be enjoying my LUG gathering in Barcelona next > week with no guilt, but whether I will still be a member here when I > get back is another matter. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > www.gwpics.com > > On 11 Sep 2013, at 16:21, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> >>> On Sep 11, 2013, at 12:20 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> >>>> A long long time ago Leica gear became an unaffordable waste to >>>> discuss on >>>> the lug as soon as Cosina made bodies and lenses cheaper and >>>> earlier to buy >>>> and sell and buy and sell. >>>> >>>> The Leica S gets less attraction on the lug Geoff And you're >>>> right the >>>> Fuji and Olympus 1.5 crop rangefinders gets the continual day by >>>> day >>>> headlines. >> >> Geoff shoots with stuff he doesn't need and can't use, while Mark >> provides his usual commentary bemoaning the >> Leica cause, while he shoots with Nikon.... >> >> and so it goes, this is the Leica Users Group..... >> >> >> >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE