Re: [Leica] supposed to be a Leica M group

[Five Senses Productions <fls@5senses.com>]

The welcome message clearly states an openness to the R-system.
Many of us have both an R-system and an M-system......both
are Leica, that is what is important, the Leica optics.

Francesco

At 08:06 PM 1/24/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Ernest Nitka wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ernest Nitka <eenitka@axess.net>
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Date: Saturday, January 24, 1998 7:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [Leica] supposed to be a Leica M group
>
>
>|Tom the title is LUG - Leica Users Group which means Ms and Rs
>|ernie
>|
>|> There has been a lot of Leica SLR and other talk here lately. I thought
>|> this was supposed to be a Leica M group.
>|> 
>|> Tom
>
>Well, this appears to be incorrect.  From the "welcome" message which states:
>
>"This list is intended to be used by people who take photographs with Leica
>and other rangefinder cameras.  
>"Most of the members of the list are owners or want-to-be owners of Leica
>cameras. While it is impossible to draw a firm boundary between camera users
>and camera collectors, this list is not intended to be a forum for camera
>collectors.
>"It is acceptable for individuals occasionally to post advertisements to sell
>cameras, and very much acceptable for individuals to post requests to buy
>cameras. Any user who is obviously conducting a business in the sale of
>cameras will be removed from the list.
>"While all of us recognize that fine rangefinder cameras have been and are
>made by other companies than Leica, and many of us own Canon, Nikon, or
>Contax rangefinders, the name Leica has stood for excellence in rangefinder
>cameras for more than half a century.
>"Yes we know that Leica makes SLR's. They are excellent cameras and you will
>find some people on this list who own them and talk about them. However, the
>majority of the traffic and the interest is in rangefinder cameras."
>
>Are you redefining the purpose of this mail list?  I am interested in the
Leica R's, but certainly not enough to subscribe to a newsgroup dedicated
to a  reflex camera group.
>
>While I find the discussion of R's interesting, they have little meaning
in my photographic life.  Not to say anything against the Leica Rs, but I
am looking more for a systems approach.
>
>Regards,  Bill Larsen
>mailto:ohlen@lightspeed.net
> 


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