Just for grins, Peter, we have 239, giving us 238 more than the Leicabynight
list. :-)
When we last did a count, many years ago, we were located in 22 countries.
Most are "lurkers" who never contribute, but hope to learn more about
photography through the experience of others.. Others contribute only rarely,
while a few provide the majority of posts. It's this way in most groups.
It all rather reminds me of "The Phantom".
The Phantom was a fellow by the name of Dennis - but nobody on my staff ever
used his name.
When I had my second location I rented an upstairs office to the first computer
store in town. (I was also their first customer!) This would be in 1977 or
thereabouts.
Dennis was called "the Phantom" by the staff of both businesses, because of the
way he operated. He'd turn up on a Saturday morn and hang around the computer
store, trying to be far enough away from a customer/salesman pair to not be a
bother, but still close enough to overhear their conversation. In this way he
hoped to learn about computers. When he felt he'd overstayed his welcome, he'd
come downstairs and do the same in my place for an hour or so. He'd then
disappear upstairs again and hang out there, until the close of business.
He did this every Saturday (I presume he worked somewhere, Monday to Friday),
for over two years.
He never did learn very much about computers!
Lurking on a photo discussion list, like this one, is also a poor way to learn
photography. So, to all the lurkers here (you know who you are...) I say this.
The best way to learn photography, is to do it! Then, post the results
somewhere, where others can politely critique it. (Flickr will offer you an
easy to use account for up to 1000 images, for free!)
If your shot is a bust, nobody is going to yell at you, and say "Gawd, but
that's awful." The worst you will get is an awkward silence. (I've had my
share of those!)
But, as you do more, you'll do better. And as you do better, you'll start to
get gentle suggestions on how to improve that specific shot. And, so it goes.
There are two old sayings, in photography.
1) Buying a Nikon does not make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon
owner.
2) Photographic skill is achieved by practice, not purchase.
The best way to improve you skills is to read books (both the 'how to" variety
as well as picture books by acknowledged good photographers). And then
practice, practice, practice.
To help the lurkers on this list, in the next couple of days I'll post a list
of some recommended reading.
As Henri Cartier-Bresson famously said. "Your first 10,000 photos are your
worst." !!!
David.
Just for grins, David - how many subscribers are there resident here------
with Leicaflex currently?
Best regards,
Peter S
On Feb 21, 2020, at 10:11 AM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Good Morning, all!
Ours is a list with a low-to-moderate number of messages per week.
Over the years, I have belonged to other lists, that were much more
active, but where the signal-to-noise ratio was certainly poorer.
A couple of years ago, I stumbled across the "leicabynight" list, also
hosted on freelists. I thought it might be fun, so I subscribed and
never thought about it again. I never received a message from that
group!
Today, when I was doing some housework on Freelists, I notice my
subscription to leicabynight and it made me wonder. So I went and
checked their archive page. There is not one single message, from
anybody, any time. Ever! The page is blank.
So, this morning, I unsubscribed from the list. Somehow, I don't
think they'll miss me!
David.
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