Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/26

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Ad hominum attacks
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Sun Nov 26 15:21:50 2006
References: <112620062004.23807.4569F35700082A7100005CFF219791280203010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com>

It seems to do well in black and white. What I've seen so far looks 
almost as good as with my 50-year-old M3. :-)

grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:

>Larry,
>
>If it seems I am attacking David, then I apologise to him and everyone 
>else.  My point is that he has given no specifics of any merit for his 
>trashing of the M8 and that is what we would like for him to define.  I 
>think that is also what Steve is asking and also what Ted said in his reply 
>to David a week ago.  I have no problem with making negatgive statements on 
>the M8, but lets give the specific reasons, not generalities.
>
>Gene
>
>
>-------------- Original message from Lawrence Zeitlin 
><lrzeitlin@optonline.net>: -------------- 
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>>On Nov 25, 2006, at 6:30 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: 
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>>>>>>hi David, some superb photographers (their work is very well known 
>>>>>>here and long time M shooters they are)...have been more than 
>>>>>>            
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>>>>>favorable about the M8. More, they have been explicit and detailed 
>>>>>          
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>>>>>>about their M8 experience... 
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>>>>>>
>>Enough of these ad hominum attacks on David. Good photographers have 
>>learned to rise above the inadequacies of their equipment. I suspect 
>>that Ted and Tina would make prize winning photographs with Holgas. 
>>Therefore their judgments on equipment should count LESS than those 
>>of less talented mortals. We have been told to learn to accommodate 
>>the flawed WB of the M8, ignore blobbing and banding, and artfully 
>>arrange the subject matter to minimized the dreaded magenta cast. If 
>>we don't know enough to do this, we don't deserve the M8. But for 
>>those of us that depend on our equipment to compensate for our 
>>photographic inadequacies, the anti M8 sniping in the LUG provides a 
>>valuable caution. Wait for the M9, or at least the M8.1. 
>>
>>Larry Z 
>>
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