Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 8, 2007, at 12:43 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > On 4/8/07 2:46 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> typed: > >> I'm not sure it is your opinion as much as your condescending >> attitude. >> You're quite full of yourself. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] >> Schneider >> snippet< > > To me "The M8" as we experience it on the LUG is not just a camera-- > Its a tool and way of working which many of us use to produce very > real > results which are posted here on the LUG daily. > AND > When I get to Sante Fe I'm sure I'll see prints off all shapes and > sizes > taken with them by many of us illustrious or semi which are going > to knock > my socks off. And give me second thoughts as to if I should be > using one yet > is my strong suspicion. > > Many of us on the LUG using the M8 if we're not eminent our work > seen here > is. And our words even have helped. And diagrams. > Used to be the LUG was all words. Now its results which pack at > least if not > more weight. > > So someone comes on the list and calls a piece of gear "a joke" > which many > of use are using effectively day to day as part of our livelihood with > results we peruse day to day. > It's not an insult to the users of the gear and the gear itself. > It's in insult to the person making the insult. > That's how I see it. while it is interesting that the people who here criticize the M8, don't have one and often haven't used one... but further they don't put their photos out there, taken with any camera... for others to see... talk is cheap... but not leica stuff, any of it... I'd bet a leica lens cap that many of us have at least two lenses, costing even more than the M8... that hardly ever get used at all... talk about a waste of money... Steve > > > > > Why pay good money to hire others to insult us when we can insult > ourselves > for free!? > No that's not it. > > > Mark Rabiner > 8A/109s > New York, NY > > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information