[Leica] LFI: Worth it?

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

I used to subscribe in the 60's and 70's. I sent in some photos a 
couple of times and they published them. Then I sent in some 
Kodachromes and again they published some; stupidly I sent in 
originals because I couldn't make/get made decent dupes. They didn't 
return them and gave me some grief when I corresponded with them.

I turned to other things, and never sent originals again unless I got 
a lot of money up front.

Recent issues have generally left me less than excited when I have 
seen them. The tech articles tend to be rather shallow or out of 
date, and the photos, while occasionally very nice, are too far and 
few between. There are better publications, including Lenswork, 
Reporters without Borders and Steve Simmon's View Camera. And a lot 
of web sites.



>I used to subscribe, but there were not enough photographs to make it
>worthwhile. IMHO, the only two magazines worth subscribing to are LensWork
>and Nature's Best - great photographs, brilliantly printed, and most
>important, not a single article on equipment!
>
>http://www.lenswork.com/
>
>http://www.naturesbestphotography.com/
>
>Cheers
>Jayanand
>
>On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Mark Pope <mark at whitedogs.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>  I do have a subscription to LFI.  In fact it's the only photographic
>>  magazine I read these days. It's way better than the stuff I usually see 
>> on
>>  the news stands in the UK. Generally the photography is good or very 
>> good,
>>  though I concur with Richard that there could be more and I wish some of
>>  pictures were printed larger.
>>  There have been some interesting articles on the M series and new lenses
>>  which I enjoyed.  Unsurprisingly, the S2 has had quite a lot of coverage,
>>  which doesn't really interest me.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Mark Pope,
>>  Swindon, Wilts

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