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Subject: [Leica] off list Re: Jay
From: pbjbike at yahoo.com (Patrick Jelliffe)
Date: Sun Mar 28 18:10:16 2004

I hope Al Franken is on this list ;^).

Patrick


--- Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> oops - I see we all make mistakes.
> 
> Doug
> on 3/28/04 5:55 PM, Doug Herr at telyt@earthlink.net
> wrote:
> 
> > on 3/28/04 5:25 PM, Mark Rabiner at
> mark@rabinergroup.com wrote:
> > 
> >> To the mysterious "Leicajay@aol.com":
> >> 
> >> Are your making prints from the output from those
> cameras?
> >> Are you scanner equipped?
> >> Output is a big issue here to judge the viability
> of new technologies.
> >> Digital has turned a lot of people who would have
> never done so into print
> >> makers. This increases the intensity of the
> photographic experience for them
> >> by tenfold.
> >> 
> >> I normally don't respond to nameless posts and
> eventually I filter them.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Mark Rabiner
> >> Photography
> >> Portland Oregon
> >> 
> > 
> > Mark,
> > 
> > Jay is a dentist in south Florida, I think Broward
> County, who fancies
> > himself as an expert on all thing photograpic (and
> then some).  He's also an
> > ex-marine and is an excellent wordsmith.  He
> currently uses M and (I think)
> > LTM cameras as well as many other brands.  He has
> owned and broken 10 (ten!)
> > R bodies.  He was banned from the photo.net Leica
> forum for over a year for
> > rudeness, insults, inuendo and slander.  He will
> slander you on any forum,
> > related or not, directly or indirectly, if you get
> on the wrong side of him.
> > Ask me how I know.
> > 
> > You can get on the wrong side of him by
> questioning the superiority of Canon
> > EOS cameras, by telling the list that you don't
> use UV filters, by
> > discussing Bokeh, or by saying anything positive
> about Leica's product
> > planning, R cameras, or about the LHSA.  You can
> also get on the wrong side
> > of him by asking him to post some of his photos. 
> Depending on what day of
> > the month it was, his reasons for not posting any
> photos were either that
> > his enemies whould tear them to shreds or because
> photo.net wasn't a
> > taleneted enough or influential enough audience to
> view his photos.  Read
> > many of his posts and you will understand why he'd
> think he has enemies on
> > photo.net.
> > 
> > He does know a lot about the minutia of lens
> sharpness and the minor details
> > of product changes in the M line.  If you're at
> all familiar with Ken
> > Rockwell's "Seven Levels of Photographers" you
> know where this places him:
> > the Equipment Measurebater.  Tread carefully or
> prepare for battle with him.
> > 
> > Take care,
> > 
> > Doug Herr
> > Birdman of Sacramento
> > http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> > 
> > 
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