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Subject: RE: [Leica] I'm pissed off
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 16:06:24 -0500

I thought one of the main points of this list was the sharing of knowledge
and information - not recommendations to "read the @_)@$(#@ manual."

B. D.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Andrew
Schroter
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 6:39 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] I'm pissed off


As we say in the computer industry, RTFM - Read The !@#*%$ Manual.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@markrabiner.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] I'm pissed off


> ><Snip>
> > >Sorry, but I had to get it off my chest!
> > >
> > >Gerry
> > >www.gwpics.com
> >
> > Gerry,
> >
> > Sorry about that.  I have an R6.2 but am far from an expert on the
controls
> > and don't have a manual.  I just set the controls I know and ignore the
> > rest.  I didn't want to steer you wrong and assumed someone more
> > technology-minded would answer your questions.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> I thought it was a relatively low tech camera.
> It's what i was going to get if i decide the R8 was too high tech for me.
>
> Also i think that Gerry and other people who ask questions like that
> need to get a manual.
> Look at paper instead of pixels. It's tempting not to ever do that.
>
> It's like I've got a friend who never even cracks open any of his
> manuals and he calls me about everything because he knows I've at last
> skimmed them. I get feeling a bit USED about the whole arrangement!
> This is not what Lists like this is for. People should get a manual if
> they don't know how to use their camera. Or read it.
> But if feel bad about seeming to be getting down on Gerry here as I
> admire his work so much.
> A real photographer.
> But Gerry where's your last name I had to look you up on the internet to
> find out who you were?!
>
> I need a hug.
>
>
> Mark Rabiner
> Portland, Oregon USA
> http://www.markrabiner.com
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