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Subject: [Leica] LUG Yearbook 2009
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 06:43:40 -0800
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Geoff & Jim;

It's your game, you call the shots. Myself, I'm open to whatever  
innovations come up.
So far so good, with a great job of production.
S.d.


On Jan 7, 2010, at 2:02 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Sorry to read that you guys think that my M9 shot (taken with an  
> M8.2 and
> Leica lens) was inappropriate for the cover of a Leica Users' Group  
> book.
> Jim and I aimed for something to echo the 2007 cover with its M8. In  
> both
> cases it was meant to reflect a very significant milestone for Leica.
>
> 2010/1/8 Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
>
>>
>> On Jan 7, 2010, at 10:18 AM, Richard Taylor wrote:
>>
>>> I noticed that, too.  While there quite a few M8 images and a few  
>>> from
>> the M9, most were from other gear.   The number of G-1 and GF-1  
>> images
>> surprised me, too.  As you said, there were lots and lots of really  
>> nice
>> photos on display.
>>> Maybe next year with the M9 in its second year of production we'll  
>>> see
>> more from that camera.
>>
>> as the book's emphasis is images, and is entirely gear neutral, why  
>> does
>> the cover focus entirely on gear....?
>>
>> rather     "falls like a hair on the soup"
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 07, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>>>
>>>> My Leica Users Group Yearbook 2009 arrived this morning, by regular
>> delivery Fed Ex...
>>>>
>>>> In a few words,
>>>>
>>>> superb, magical, captivating....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am so impressed by the many wonderful photos contained within...
>>>>
>>>> The quality of pure photographic expertise here always amazes me,
>>>>
>>>> impressively transcending issues of equipment.
>>>>
>>>> That said, the cover, while excellent misses the point, looking  
>>>> like it
>> should be on some other book.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
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Slobodan Dimitrov
http://sdimitrovphoto.com/







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