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Subject: [Leica] Leica Forum
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:43:37 +0200
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Perhaps you got me wrong, Dick.

I'm also very much indeed with Nathan on this - I regularly use a VERY 
wide range of cameras and lenses that are not Leica.

Last vacation saw my bag filled with 1 Canon DSLR, 1 Rollei 3003, a 
Minolta CLE, an almost unused Pentax P30 that I bought for almost 
nothing in a charity shop while I was there, a Yashica T-AF compact that 
my mother gave me when she visited. Plus lenses of all kinds - including 
a Summicron, but since I got back I haven't been able to discover which 
shots were taken with it.

I think some of the best of the film shots were most probably taken with 
the Zeiss 3.5/35 T* built into the Yashica, and my favourite digital 
lens is a WA zoom made by Tokina.

Cheers
Douglas


Richard Taylor wrote:
> I'm very much with Nathan on this.  If we'd had a Leica-only rule 
> here, I'd have had to drop off a while ago and missed out on all the fun.
>
> The camera is only a tool, after all, and despite the fact that I'm 
> almost certainly going to buy an X-1, and maybe even an M9 eventually, 
> all this highfalutin talk about the inherent superiority of Leica gear 
> makes me shout
>
> P I F F L E!
>
> Photography Is Fun For Lovers of Every camera!
>
> (Tortured, I know, but it's the best I could do on short notice. ;-)  )
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick
> (Who in addition to his D300 owns an M3, a R3A, and about a dozen 
> M-mount lenses, some going back to the 1960's.  And, over the course 
> of his lifetime owned and sold a IIIb, a IIIf, a IIIg, a CL, an M2, an 
> M4, and at least a half-dozen screw mount lenses.)
>
>
> On Oct 02, 2009, at 10:05 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>
>> Which bit, Dick (or all of it) :-)  :-)
>>
>> P i f f l e = Photography Is Fun For Leica Enthusiasts
>>
>> Best regards
>> Douglas
>>
>> Richard Taylor wrote:
>>> Piffle!  :-)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 02, 2009, at 4:03 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>>>
>>>> Geoff,
>>>>
>>>> I think we are all Leica enthusiasts - well at least I know I am - 
>>>> but there's a big difference between the enthusiasts here and the 
>>>> fundamentalist attitudes found on other lists.
>>>>
>>>> I'm all for photos with other equipment (as you well know) so I'm 
>>>> glad we have a forum here where I, and others, can post Leica shots 
>>>> AND shots from a very wide range of other cameras / lenses.
>>>>
>>>> Looking at this another way, the dyed in the wool Leicaists can 
>>>> always look at other-brand shots and feel contented that the shots 
>>>> would have been (technically) much better with Leica equipment ;-)
>>>> Vive la difference!
>>>> Douglas
>>>>
>>>> Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
>>>>> Nathan I think 'extremist' is pretty unfair. No complaints from me 
>>>>> about the
>>>>> cosmopolitan nature of the LUG nor about Jim's Yearbook. Both already
>>>>> supported by me here too. Surely room for a Leica enthusiast cadre 
>>>>> within
>>>>> the LUG in my view.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2009/10/2 Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, it the saloonkeeper had taken the extremist, Leica-only 
>>>>>> line, then I
>>>>>> would have had to leave the list in 2004. And who knows if I 
>>>>>> would have
>>>>>> bought the M8 in Dec. 2008 then. So I am quite pleased that Brian 
>>>>>> and Jim
>>>>>> keep a wide open church here. I shoot 99% with the M8 now, but I 
>>>>>> am solidly
>>>>>> in camp #1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nathan (never mind the gear, just look at the pictures)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>>>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>>>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 1, 2009, at 4:53 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Two approaches:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      1) The photograph takes precedence over the equipment.
>>>>>>>      2) LUG based on love (or at least appreciation) of Leica
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tend to agree with you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At the same time I understand Jim and Brian's open hearts
>>>>>>> and appreciation of the photograph as most important;
>>>>>>> irrespective of equipment.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> George Lottermoser
>>>>>>> george at imagist.com
>>>>>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>>>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sep 30, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Scott Gregory wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've always wondered why the LUG does not use only Leica 
>>>>>>> Photographs for
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> their yearly book. After all, it is Leica interest that brings 
>>>>>>>> the group
>>>>>>>> together, I thought. NOT in any way to diminish the fine 
>>>>>>>> efforts of Jim
>>>>>>>> Shulman, but just asking??
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>> Geoff
>>>>>>>> The new LEICA M9
>>>>>>>> Passion for perfect pictures.
>>>>>>>> http://www.m.leica-camera.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
>>>>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
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