Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Leopold. Now that you have de-lurked, the best way to reinforce the Leica core of the LUG is to share your Leica photographs with everyone. Do stay out of hiding and join in. I shoot with other equipment quite a bit as well, but I post Leica here because I do value that part of the group's identity. Steve, I think that it's long established that the LUG is not exclusively Leica content and we enjoy the photography content. Nevertheless the L is still part of us. That does not exclude using L stuff on F stuff or S stuff of course! I can promise you that there will be Leica equipment on the cover of the 2014 yearbook (and Jim's format plus the donation portion to Jim's charity). Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 11 January 2014 05:33, Leopold Green <leopoldgreen at mac.com> wrote: > I've lurked on this list since 1997 under various email addresses... I > came to the group when I bought my first Leica and picked up no end of > useful tips back then [not to mention a signed copy of This is our work.. > still the only photo book I own that people not interested in photography > are happy to look through...!]. I did drift away a bit in the mid 2000s as > there was too much digital for someone who was 100% film. I thought the M9 > looked great [and M9P greater, aesthetically] but there was no way I could > afford one and thus assumed I would be film forever but then they made the > Monochrom and suddenly digital made sense and I did find the money [mind it > involved selling my Noctilux - that really was a good investment!!! I wish > I had bought 10]. So this year I got to contribute to the yearbook for the > first time and that was a real thrill. > > If this was the Camera User Group I wouldn't stay as I wouldn't see the > relevance. I understand that for many Leica film users the 'Monochrom > moment' may never happen and they will use other equipment but the link > with Leica is still there and relevant. Were I to want to take colour > digital I doubt I could afford a M240 so hearing how well Leica lenses work > on the Sony this or the Fuji that is helpful but with no Leica link at all > as Tina says there are so many generic photo groups or I imagine groups > dedicated to Fuji/Sony/Olympus, etc. > > Sorry - I'll go back to lurking > > > Leopold > leopoldgreen at mac.com > > On 10 Jan 2014, at 18:11, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > > This is the Leica Users Group and the book is made by members of the > Leica > > Users Group. Whether you use Leicas now or not, it is assumed that > Leicas > > brought you to the group. I think the group would suffer if we totally > > lost our connection to Leica equipment and became a generic photo group. > > There are already too many of those. > > > > Leically, > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Neal Friedenthal <neal at photoneal.com > >wrote: > > > >> A truly impressive collection! > >> > >>> / Many images from photographers I don't recognize as posters here. > >>> > >> />/ Wish they would post more often as they are wonderful, but thank > all > >> of you for contributing your images to the yearbook. Something to be > >> admired in each of them, IMO. > >> />/ best, > >> />/ Bob > >> / > >> > >> so true Bob, a beautiful collection of images representing the leica > users > >> group which we all are proud of... > >> > >> though it's certainly very silly and much out of synch (a curious > >> contradiction) for the cover to emphasize leica equipment, while the > inside > >> concentrates on images made with any photo equipment, often with nada in > >> the leica department... > >> > >> > >> Steve > >> > >> Steve, many of us who were long time Leica users and owners, I've owned > >> and used Leicas for more than 50 years, can no longer afford Leica new > >> digital cameras every two or three years and have opted for other > makes. If > >> Leica offered a versitile digital in the price range of the Olympus OM-D > >> I'd be shooting with it. As it is I still on occasion will mount an M > lens > >> on my Olympus. I sold my M8 three years ago I'd love to get a new M 240 > >> but at 7 grand I'll shoot the Olympus. > >> > >> > >> > >> --- > >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > >> protection is active. > >> http://www.avast.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >