[Leica] Leica users group, LUG, so what does that mean?

[lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (lluisripollphotography)]

I want add my two cents, as you know I?m Leica user only, time to time I 
carry my old Rolleiflex TLR?. always classical stuff, with it is as I?ve 
learned photography and it is the easiest manner to do it for me!

Beside this I can say that I?m very proud to belong to this list, I?ve 
joined in 2003 (I think), I?ve found fantastic friends and photographers, 
most of them has visited Barcelona, someones several times and always we 
have enjoyed really unforgettable moments. Thank you very much!

Saludos cordiales
Lluis
 


> El 31 gen 2016, a les 21:56, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> va 
> escriure:
> 
> Leica users group, LUG,  what does that mean?  Several individuals have 
> confided to me recently, "it?s really a state of mind?.  Let?s face it, 
> there are few offerings of interest from Leica these days, that we can 
> afford, or desire to, while more and more  we all find great offerings 
> from many other camera and lens makers. We all insist we are leica 
> devotees, yet many of us, if not most, are using other makers' cameras and 
> lenses. We often find that leica lenses from the past, actually work as 
> well on other makers current camera bodies, sometimes better than on 
> leica?s own bodies. We publish a wonderful yearly book of photos, that we 
> call the LUG yearbook, yet insist that the photos can come from any and 
> all camera/lens sources,  and images do originate from many other sources. 
> We criticize robustly, even occasionally correctly, the offerings from 
> Leica, their appearance, technical details, prices, yet we remain here and 
> claim to be Leica users. So what is it that we have in common, that keeps 
> here in this group, why do we self identify as Leica users ?
> 
> There are some truly great photographers here, not because they use 
> leicas, other reasons may exist. We really are a community, sometimes even 
> a family, occasionally very dysfunctional. Some of the most opinionated 
> among us use leicas, or used to, or desire to, even though at present that 
> use is limited, or nonexistent. 
> 
> We are at present, among the most capable, open minded, flexible, sure of 
> ourselves, opinionated, fractious, difficult, stuck up shooters that 
> exist.  
> 
> It may be time to talk.
> 
> 
> steve
> 
> 
> 
> 
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