[Leica] LUG membership

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

Ask all you like: the group needs some darkroom focus occasionally ;-)

Cheers and welcome
On 23/10/2006, at 17:44, Julian Mildren wrote:

> Not me - joined last night - and can only speak highly of the help  
> to my
> question that I've had already - yes I'm one of the 50ish bracket -  
> and
> interested in Leica from the Darkroom perspective - but you've made  
> me feel
> welcome and I'm dipping into the other stuff that's going on - I  
> hope I'll
> be able to contribute as time goes on and not just ask the questions!
>
> Julian Mildren
> Plymouth UK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+julian=mildren.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+julian=mildren.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf  
> Of GREG
> LORENZO
> Sent: 23 October 2006 02:26
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG membership
>
> Brian Reid writes in part:
>
>> A few minutes ago, someone subscribed to the LUG, and thereby
>> (unbeknownst to him) became the 1000th subscriber.
>>
>> I think this was due in part to a reduced interest in film
>> cameras, and in part to the growth of broadband (when more people
>> have always-on internet, there are more messages sent). I hope our
>> 1000th subscriber isn't driven away by the sheer number of
>> messages, as many newcomers are.
>>
>
> Brian,
>
> I think a fair number of Lug newbies are driven quickly away after  
> they make
> the mistake of asking a newbie Leica (been asked a time of two before)
> question and either their question is not answered, answered rather  
> rudely,
> or they're pounced on.
>
> We all need to keep in mind that you only get one chance to make a 1st
> impression!
>
> I also suspect that the new M8 is going to attract some old Leica M  
> users
> back that may have held on to a favourite body and a lens or two  
> that they
> couldn't sell but wern't using. This should add some new/old blood  
> to the
> List.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Greg
>
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