Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/27

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Subject: [Leica] LFI: Worth it?
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:05:00 +1000
References: <4D18426E.5000501@threshinc.com> <F523E6E0-583C-438F-B54E-E5EE3C9A1F2E@frozenlight.eu>

Turning that on its head, I got a bulk lot of older issues and they are
fascinating. The first one has the brand new M3 featured and a few shots
creeping in from that very non-traditonal genre- 'colour'

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 28 December 2010 00:20, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> My experience admittedly is a few years back, but based on browsing some
> more recent issues in Berlin recently, my answer would still be NO. The
> photography is ho-hum (everything taken with a Leica is by definition great
> art), and the equipment articles are somewhat stale. You can get both 
> better
> photography and better information elsewhere.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
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>
> YNWA
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 27, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Peter Klein wrote:
>
> > I occasionally buy a copy of LFI at an "international newsstand."  Since
> I don't get there very often, I'm wondering whether I should just 
> subscribe.
> What do LUG members think of LFI?
> >
> > Specifically, are the recent articles on using the M8 for B&W (Issue 8,
> 2010), the histogram, and the 3-part series on "the rules of digital
> photography" and composition  useful for someone of reasonable experience,
> or just rehashes of what most of us already know?
> >
> > --Peter
> >
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In reply to: Message from pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] LFI: Worth it?)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] LFI: Worth it?)