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["s c o tt h i c ks" <mrcharleshicks@home.com>]

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- ----- Original Message -----
From: <shino@ubspainewebber.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 4:08 AM
Subject: [Leica] usenet flames (was re: hexarrf ...)


> it's the same right now.  there's been a huge firefight there over
> herb keppler's comments about leica vs. pentax in the latest
> pop photo (and they were pretty reasonable comments on keppler's part).
>
> there's actually any number of camps in this fight;
> people for and against the leica, people for and against keppler
> and pop photo.  (as for me, i like leicas, i like keppler, and i generally
> like pop photo.)
>
> generally, any posting with "Leica" in the header is guaranteed to
> generate replies.  i just say "M6" to avoid confrontation.
>
> -rei
>
> >
> > It's a Usenet newsgroup.
> >
> > From what I can remember when I used Usenet and was a member, any
mention of
> > Leica would result in a tread of several hundred messages. These would
be
> > split into one of two camps. Those who owned, or wanted to own, Leicas
> > saying how wonderful the cameras and lenses were, and those who didn't
own
> > Leicas saying that they were overpriced pieces of jewellery. Believe me,
the
> > flames that we sometimes get here were _nothing_ in comparison to the
> > religious wars that occurred in that newsgroup.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Guy Bennett
> > Sent: 26 April 2001 05:24
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: HexarRF User Group
> >
> >
> > >[snip]
> > >And we probably all know what effect mentioning Leica has on
> > >rec.photo.equipment.35mm.
> > >
> > >Dan
> >
> >
> > Dan,
> >
> > What is "rec.photo.equipment.35mm" and what is the response to Leica
stuff?
> >
> > Guy
> >
>