Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, Jim, I KNEW that we would hear from you, and could have come very close to writing your slashing/asskissing email for you. Desperation, Jim? Believe me, the absolute last thing I care about in this world, ranked well behind literally anything or anyone I can think of, is your opinion of anything I say or do. So desperate, for what? I don't review equipment. I don't lay claim to being a "Leica expert" of any kind. I am in any kind of competition with Erwin Putts in any realm. Why do I use Leicas? I use rangefinders when I can because I find that I frame far more carefully when looking through a picture window with framelines than I do when looking through an SLR viewfinder. I use Leicas because of the fast glass Leica offers, and because Leica is really the only remaining serious rangefinder game in town. Shimmer as a jewel? As the kids used to say, "gag me with a spoon!" - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jim Brick Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 2:09 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: DR. BLACKTAPE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS QUESTION REGARDING ERWIN PUTTS' "REVIEW OF THE NEW M7... At 01:04 PM 2/24/2002 -0500, B. D. Colen wrote: >...AND OF ALL OTHER THINGS LEICA. > >Erwin Putts gets an M7 ONE YEAR ahead of release - when Leica is denying >that there will ever BE an M7. He gets extensive tours of the factory prior >to release, so that he can describe in worshipful prose the ancient sewing >machines, manned by the skilled Portuguese seamstress sewing the shutter >curtain. > >Are we really expected to continue to believe that Erwin and his reports are >what any neutral observer would call "independent" of Leica and truly >objective? We would suggest that we should judge his reports just as we >judge Leica's advertising materials, press releases, and the endorsements >from photographers to whom it gives free cameras. I would not have expected anything else from you, BD. Entirely predictable. So I ask: >Are we really expected to continue to believe that B.D. and his reports are >what any neutral observer would call "independent" of Erwin and truly >objective? What's that old cliche about people in glass houses and stone throwing? I PERSONALLY COMMEND ERWIN FOR PURSUING A PASSION, LEICA, WORKING VERY HARD AT PROVIDING RELEVANT, TIMELY, AND USEFUL INFORMATION FOR THE WORLD LEICA COMMUNITY TO USE, AS THEY, INDIVIDUALLY, SEE FIT. So tell us again BD, why do you use a Leica? And what method do you use for learning about new products? I PERSONALLY AM THRILLED TO LEARN ABOUT THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE NEW M7. HOW IT TICKS. HOW IT IS MADE. WHAT IT'S HERITAGE IS. AND AT THE VERY MOMENT THAT IT IS RELEASED. This is all very useful information to each and every one of us, BD excepted. THANK YOU ERWIN FOR THAT TIMELY AND COMPREHENSIVE M7 REPORT. You shimmer as a jewel while others pale in comparison. Or should I say, desperation. Jim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html