Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/24

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Subject: [Leica] LUG membership
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Tue Oct 24 06:17:42 2006
References: <002001c6f677$21bcf2d0$0200a8c0@Workshop> <A140B0E2-8C40-491B-A72A-34C1E65DF418@ncable.net.au> <453E05C8.1070801@summaventures.com>

Well that might be asking too much ;-)

On 24/10/2006, at 22:23, Peter Dzwig wrote:

> photographic focus sometimes! ;-)
>
> Peter
>
> Alastair Firkin wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>
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In reply to: Message from julian at mildren.com (Julian Mildren) ([Leica] LUG membership)
Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] LUG membership)
Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] LUG membership)