Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] REAL photographers
From: nbwatson@juno.com (N. B. Watson)
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:21:00 EST

That Erwin and Eric should find themselves thrust at one another's
throats is a bit ironic, I think.
Somewhere far from Erwin's test reports, awaited and received here like
the 10 commandments and which beg the conclusion that ignorance and/or
poverty are the only logical reasons for anyone not owning only the
latest Leica lenses;  and Eric's (and perhaps one or two others')
deification of the Leica Reflex System which clearly suggest the
incompetence of anyone who doesn't acknolwedge the clear superiority of
Leica glass over all others',  lies the world where photography is meant
to immortalise the photographer rather than his equipment, and where
people may enjoy their Leica regardless of its age, and not necessarily
to the exclusion of other marques or formats, without feeling shamed or
condescended.

Regards,
Nigel

On Sat, 21 Nov 1998 18:18:08 +0100 Erwin Puts <imxputs@knoware.nl>
writes:
>Eric wrote that REAL photographers are the foremost (only?) source of
>serious and reliable Leica info.
>Now I am happy to be an UNREAL photographer and by logical inference 
>my
>info is not serious. That is fine with me. I am one of  many Leica 
>users
>who happen not to live by selling or editing photographs. I am just
>dabbling in the water of Leica lore and have an interest in these 
>product
>from Solms and Wetzlar. Not using these products professionally or
>commercially prevents one from having a clue what they are or can 
>offer?
>The LUG would collapse to a oneman show if it were true.
>
>
>Erwin
>

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