Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/08/29

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Subject: [Leica] Unsubscribing
From: gerry.walden at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:58:26 +0100
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Douglas

Of course we all know that virtually anything can be photographed using the 
excellent Leica equipment that is around. However I personally think that 
this group should be for the users of Leica equipment. Know I fully accept 
that when I offered to leave the group in 2012 because I had switched to 
Fuji equipment I was invited to stay because my work was such that could be 
done on a Leica, and I was grateful of the opportunity to do so. However if 
I were coming new to the group as a Leica user and saw that a large majority 
of the discussion and work was on equipment that was not Leica, even to the 
extent that Hasselblad digital has been discussed here, I would question 
whether it was a ?Leica Users Group? or just a run of the mill photographic 
group.

To answer your question, the ethos of Leica photography is using Leica 
equipment to capture the world, mainly in a documentary way.

I value the friendships of people here such as Lluis and Ted amongst others, 
but I am now finding that most of the posts here have little or no interest 
to me, and there are so many other places that show work in what I consider 
the true ethos of Leica, that I have reluctantly decided to move on.

Gerry

Gerry Walden LRPS
www.gwpics.com
+44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
+44 (0)797 287 7932






> On 29 Aug 2018, at 11:19, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> Sorry to hear that, Gerry. However, I do have a question: what do you 
> think the ethos of Leica photography is?
> 
> Douglas
> 
> 
> On 29/08/2018 09:34, Gerry Walden via LUG wrote:
>> I am sorry to say that I am unsubscribing from this board as I feel it 
>> has less and less relevance to the ethos of Leica photography. Those who 
>> think it is worthwhile can still see my work at the website below, and 
>> through various places such as Facebook, Twitter etc.
>> 
>> It has been a fun ride!
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>> Gerry Walden LRPS
>> www.gwpics.com
>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Replies: Reply from john at mcmaster.co.uk (John McMaster) ([Leica] Unsubscribing)
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In reply to: Message from gwpics at me.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] Unsubscribing)
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] Unsubscribing)