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Subject: Vs: [Leica] Get bent, part nth
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 01:35:45 +0100

Lay off, Mike.
All the best!
Raimo
photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

- -----Alkuperäinen viesti-----
Lähettäjä: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>
Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Päivä: 24. marraskuuta 2000 23:45
Aihe: [Leica] Get bent, part nth


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>>> * bear in mind that virtually all "tests" in photography are really just
>>> trials. But that's okay, since all that most of us want to do anyway is try
>>> things to see how they work for us. Your goal in all of this should simply
>>> be to learn the way your lenses behave, so that (if you prefer to) you can
>>> accomodate their weaknesses and play to their strengths when you're
>>> shooting, and not find yourself unpleasantly surprised by results you didn't
>>> anticipate. (This is also a goal of learning about other aspects of
>>> photographic technique.)
>> The above citation might be expanded and annotated to reflect the true
>> nature and purpose of several methods of factfinding. Generally all
>> photographers are experimenters [blah, blah, blah]
>
>
>
>Erwin,
>I would really appreciate it if you would stop commenting on my posts. Every
>time I say something, you jump in with 500 lines of blather anxiously
>attempting to refute whatever I say. I think most luggers are intelligent
>enough to form their own opinions of what I write without your obfuscations.
>
>As for myself, I'm flattered that you're so concerned with every word I say,
>but I'm not interested in your overanxious critiques of my opinions.
>
>--Mike
>