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Hi Tony,

 

I am fairly new to PN and am a Leica user, but plenty of Leica users seem to have sense of humour bypasses..makes me chuckle though bless em..

 

cheers Steve

<b>< </b>FROM THE EDITOR

There is a Letter from The Editor, Philip Greenspun (Editor in Chief and originator of

photo.net) which offers information on new staff, new hardware, etc., that you are

encouraged to read.<b>></b> <b>"</b> One general rule is 'if the product was

discontinued more than 15 years ago, stop talking about it." Expect to see more about

digital cameras and less about film and LP records.<b>"</b>

 

<b>WTF ?</b>

<p><em>One general rule is "if the product was discontinued more than 15 years ago, stop talking about it"</em> <a href="http://www.photo.net/from-the-editor/200701">we are told</a>.</p><p>Well, there's little potential ad revenue in old stuff.</p><p>I always say that gormless males should be fluffed up as much as possible to buy as much new camera gear as possible. It helps the Japanese economy, and the more money they spend on camera gear the less they have left over for SUVs, guns and similar silliness.</p>

Peter, what is a gormless male? I've got to know because I love that phrase!

If I am looking for guidance on over 15 year old RF gear, this is where I come first. I'd rather buy old stuff here, even if I have to wait as I have no use for e.*. The "old stuff" seems to remain in demand, we are even willing to get it repaired and rebuilt through forum contacts, and dealers like K&H have old stuff. Wonder how the dealers would feel about a policy that discourages selling/trading in old Leica, Canon and Nikon rangefinder equipment.

Gormless = http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gormless

 

I'll take my 15 year old cameras *and* a few more guns!

Wow, this thread now makes absolutely no sense at all with references to deleted comments about the "feisty bunch of guys" insult sign being pinned to the backs of everyone who enters.

Jerry, what are you talking about? Thanks for keeping my thread on the topic of being "feisty," especially after I attempted to get the thread back onto topic by removing 12 threads that were off topic (and quite stupid). With your help we can probably look forward to never being called feisty again, yah? Got a camera?

Tony,

<br> to quote Philip: "One general rule is "if the product was discontinued more than 15 years ago, stop talking about it." ( <a href="http://www.photo.net/from-the-editor/200701">Link</a href> ).

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Since this is now a general rule are we discouraged/not allowed to post anything pertaining to for instance the older Leica LTM cameras?

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http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00JlCC&tag=

Thanks.

<i>With your help we can probably look forward to never being called feisty again, yah? Got a camera?</i></p>I take it that's your illustration of <i><b>NOTE: responding to inappropriate posts in effect can make you just as guilty as the original offender.</b></i></p>?