Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Food for thought for Thanksgiving
From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 15:56:15
 
At 09:49 26/11/98 -0300, you wrote:
>At 09:26 PM 25/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>I disagree entirely.  The news lenses are excellent and Leica is to be
>>commended.  Those who wish for the old days are welcome to them.  Enjoy the
>>memories of a bygone time.  Today is good.  The old lenses were fine for
their
>>time.  They are inferior to today's lenses.  Art should never be used as an
>>excuse for inferior quality.  
>>
>>Tom Shea
>
>
>        Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.  ;^)
>
>Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca>                               

Or, how about this; 

"Quality" should never be used as an excuse for inferior art.

;-)


Joe Berenbaum