Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David Medley wrote: <SNIP> > > I beside all of that ................. what is wrong with the connection to > shooting a firearm. Marksmanship and gun handling has been around much > longer than photography and is a skill of which many of us are proud. There > is a skill required in using a hand held camera that is very similar both > physically and mentally to that of shooting a firearm properly and I can > see a direct relationship between them. Not everyone who enjoys the sport > of shooting a firearm is a threat to society and to imply that the term as > used in photography is somehow suspect is a ridiculous notion. > > This however is not the forum and I will say no more. > David, If you really want to torture yourself on this go through the archives about a year ago when the long-absent Ben Holmes (and others) carried this thread almost as painfully as the recent one on the use of filters and others relating to business transactions. This is one thread that I, too, would gladly see ended right here.