Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/02

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Subject: [Leica] OT Nikon D700
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 20:51:09 -0700
References: <DFB10ED91E894564A7C68D5442270075@userPC> <36172e5a0903020148i78f41574y1d681e0327f615a6@mail.gmail.com>

On Mar 2, 2009, at 2:48 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Aah well Mads, I shall not tease the non-believers any more... well  
> not
> on-list maybe. A peculiar form of political correctness where, here,  
> one
> must not praise the true faith too loudly, yet also not criticise the
> heathen un-believers unduly ;-)
> Well maybe just once more. My M8 has never given me a moments  
> problem. Nor
> did my M3's, M6's or M7 nor any of my Leica lenses. I am learning it  
> as best
> I can as my chosen tool and acknowledge its limitations (as all  
> cameras
> have). I don't think that there is any room for argument that Leica  
> make the
> best quality lenses in the world for my purposes. That's good enough  
> for me.
> That and a few jokes with my friends, especially when the topics  
> stray far
> from the Red Dot ;-)

Well personally I love leica cameras and lenses, there's no doubt, but  
I thought this was simply about good photographs...

all references to religion and politics notwithstanding,

:-)

Steve

>
>> Geoff, although you are not a dog and I am not a dog driver, you  
>> certainly
>> lived up to the proverb about driving dog-sledges in Greenland: The  
>> dog
>> that
>> barked was the one that was hit by the dog driver's whip!
>>
>>
>>
>> Actually I did not relate my few lines to your comments to Steve B  
>> in the
>> D700 case: I am on the LUG digest and I was referring to the wise  
>> and well
>> balanced words of Len.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am also a keen believer that there is room for everyone on this  
>> list -
>> even the ones that says that the M8 has its glitches. I think that  
>> it would
>> be nice if the real Leica believers dared to make such comments  
>> without
>> having to link it with glitches of other brands. And it would be just
>> perfect if someone 'forgot' to run the goal post immediately after.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mads
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> 'She looks like an angel moving too fast for its glory'
>
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Replies: Reply from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] OT Nikon D700)
In reply to: Message from mads.christensen at gmx.net (Mads Christensen) ([Leica] OT Nikon D700)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] OT Nikon D700)