Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Yes! Technical articles, equipment previews, interviews with Leica staff, > photographic essays, galleries, exhibition announcements even the > advertisements are heavily slanted towards Leica products and nearly > everything in there is about Leica. > > Those cunning swine, fancy being enthusiastic and positive about Leica in a > magazine called Leica Fotografie International. SHEESH! > My mind has been so twisted under its influence that I bought a whole bunch > of the earliest English copies off the Bay. Even then their blatant bias > was > evident starting with a positive review for that new fangled M3. > > Be careful Neil, it is full of evil Leica propaganda designed to make you > buy the M9. > Oh, wait ;-) > > > 2009/9/22 Neil Beddoe <Neil.Beddoe at raidllp.com> > >> Is that the one I just got free for 6 months with my M9? >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+neil.beddoe=raidllp.com at leica-users.org [mailto: >> lug-bounces+neil.beddoe <lug-bounces%2Bneil.beddoe>=raidllp.com@ >> leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner >> Sent: 22 September 2009 10:15 >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] LFI >> >>> Without having seen this particular issue of LFI, let us not forget >>> that the magazine is allegedly independent of Leica and makes its own >>> editorial choices. I subscribed to it for a couple of years in the >>> late 1990s but found that the photography was generally of poor >>> quality and a bad showcase for Leica, and the articles were poorly >>> written as well. I don't know if the quality of the magazine has >>> improved since, but it doesn't sound like it. >>> >>> Nathan >> >> >> It doest FEEL independent of Leica. >> I've never read it say anything really bad about any Leica product. >> Its a cheering section in slick print. >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> . >> >> This message is intended only for the use of the person(s) to whom it is >> addressed. It may contain information which is privileged and >> confidential. >> Accordingly any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you are not >> the >> intended recipient, please contact the sender as soon as possible. >> >> It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of >> any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any >> transaction, >> unless specifically agreed otherwise. All market prices, data and other >> information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are >> subject >> to change without notice. Any opinions or advice contained in this >> Internet >> email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in any applicable >> governing Marble Bar Asset Management LLP's terms and conditions of >> business or client agreement letter. Any comments or statements made >> herein >> do not necessarily reflect those of Marble Bar Asset Management LLP. >> >> Marble Bar Asset Management LLP is regulated and authorised by the FSA. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > Some Leica products are better than others. To indicate that they are all virtually perfect doesn't do anything for anybody. Mark William Rabiner