[Leica] Leica Monochrome

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Lew I did not say taken over the list. I was taking about a thread on the
new Leica product announcements.
Yes, "Occupy the LUG'' was meant to be light hearted. I recognise in
general the issues that are frustrating and angering some members of
course. I could fill some pages with what is happening in Australia right
now but they wouldn't belong in discussions on photography or Leica!

In my view off topic discussions in the LUG general threads, especially
emotive ones, are divisive and distracting from talking about photography
in general and Leica in particular. This is a broad and international
church.
Brian provides a separate forum for those discussions and anyone is welcome
to join.
I'll leave it at that but you're welcome to email me off list if you wish.


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



On 11 May 2012 22:09, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If they can't express their views, then it's not "open." It's an
> exaggeration to state that they have "taken over" the list, so I take it
> that this remark was meant humorously. OTOH, if their views are not to your
> liking you can ignore them, no?
>
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Fair go guys!  How did discussion of new Leica products get taken over by
> > an Occupy LUG movement?
> > I respect people's personal circumstances of course but in my view these
> > socio/political discussions don't belong in this open forum.
> >
> > Leica Camera announced some new products that are expensive and will only
> > sell to a niche market.
> > That ought to be a very familiar scenarion to all and despite whatever
> > economic conditions recently Leica Camera has done better than for many
> > years and is selling everything that they can make. In the case of M
> lenses
> > especially, into a long waiting list too.
> >
> > I'm unlikely to buy any M Monochrom but I can certainly see the appeal to
> > dedicated photographers such as Tina.
> > The new APO Summicron ASPH is a remarkable achievement too and yes the
> > price is very high indeed.
> > I'm looking forward to what their advances will mean for the next
> > generation M as well. Some may have noticed that Leica Camera has booked
> a
> > much larger area for the coming Photokina this time. I doubt that we've
> > heard of all of their new products announcements for 2012 yet either.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Geoff
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> >
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