Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Ted's outcry
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 20:39:45 +0100

Hi Erwin!
To the point - as you always do.
All the best!
Raimo
Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

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> From: Erwin Puts <imxputs@knoware.nl>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Ted's outcry
> Date: 27. syyskuuta 1999 16:28
> 
> I do sympathize with Ted's advise to Anthony to take a break and 
> start taking pictures. It is really easy as Ted noticed and Horst has 
> given almost all tips one needs to make a decent slew of photographs.
> As long as Luggers feel inclined to react to Anthony's curious mix of 
> technical naivety and strong views on every (technical) aspect of 
> photography, we will never ascend to a higher level. May I humbly 
> suggest that we all make one default answer to all posts from 
> Anthony, as below:
> "
> Buy a beginners book and read it. Try Osterloh: Leica M Technique. 
> There are excellent bookshops in Paris. Then take photographs for a 
> full month, carefully note what you did and what went wrong. Then buy 
> a second more advanced book.  Study your mistakes.  Take pictures for 
> two months. Carefully etc. Restrain yourself to one email a week to 
> the Lug. People there will have the expertise and knowledge to answer 
> this question. It will benefit all and we may stop all people from 
> unsubscribing.
> "
> 
> Erwin
>