pedaes Posted December 18, 2024 Share #121 Posted December 18, 2024 Advertisement (gone after registration) 40 minutes ago, username said: I was genuinely wondering 🥱 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kl@usW. Posted December 18, 2024 Share #122 Posted December 18, 2024 (edited) vor 4 Stunden schrieb username: Seeing this post is over a year old now I was genuinely wondering - did Leica actually ever adress this issue in the meantime, I mean publically? Was there any kind of explaination or statement in regards to the waiting times at all? I guess not.. but it boggles the mind how they can apparently just sit there and shrug their shoulders, saying "well you just gotta wait a couple months". Truly feel sorry for the people at Leica HQ that have to communicate with all the frustrated customers on a daily basis. Today, I picked up my Leica MP from the Leica Store Stuttgart. It had been in Wetzlar for repairs for almost exactly 12 months. Bad enough. But there are explanations for the problem: In October, I visited Wetzlar and took a tour of the production and service areas. Contrary to what many might imagine, it’s still a manufactory, not a mass production. And this manufactory has, over the past few years, faced several mutually reinforcing problems, not all of which were foreseeable: a shortage of skilled workers, exacerbated by Covid, a wave of retirements, the long training period required for this specialized field, the lack of willingness among young people to work in a small provincial town, and, on top of all that, an unexpected renaissance of analog photography, resulting in the service department being overwhelmed with Grandpa’s old Leicas. I didn’t get the impression that anyone there was shrugging their shoulders about the situation, but rather that everything possible is being done to get the problem under control. On picking up my serviced MP today, Leica Stuttgart told me that the waiting time for analog bodies is down from 12 month to half a year. They are training and even calling back senior technicians from retirement... We´ll see. Edited December 18, 2024 by Kl@usW. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Brown Posted June 25 Author Share #123 Posted June 25 Still waiting to see the paragraph saying 1 hour ago, jaapv said: 1. AI generated images are forbidden. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 25 Share #124 Posted June 25 You are free to appeal to Andreas. This is a photographic forum, not an AI one. Thread locked pending Admin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUF Admin Posted June 25 Share #125 Posted June 25 vor 9 Minuten schrieb Al Brown: Still waiting to see the paragraph saying As mentioned before: Zitat Prerequisite for placing a photo is that it has been made with Leica ir L-Mount equipment and/or has a strong relationship to a Leica subject. „Strong relationship“ means photos of Leica equipment or images which are relevant to a discussion. AI images do not fit this definition. The fact that I'm running a completely different forum about AI Images doesn't imply the right to post AI images here. No AI images in the Leica Forum. Full stop. Andreas 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUF Admin Posted June 25 Share #126 Posted June 25 4 minutes ago, jaapv said: Thread locked pending Admin. Thread opened again after clarification by me. Regards from Wetzlar (attending 100 years celebration until a few minutes ago) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Brown Posted June 25 Author Share #127 Posted June 25 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) All my relevant posts were d̶e̶l̶e̶t̶e̶d̶ censored, I bid everyone farewell for good. @LUF Admin You need to beef up your definition and specify this in the rules, otherwise you are in cotradiction of the current written AGB, as the Germans say. Edited June 25 by Al Brown Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
evikne Posted June 25 Share #128 Posted June 25 3 minutes ago, LUF Admin said: No AI images in the Leica Forum. Full stop. My avatar is AI generated. Is that forbidden too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Brown Posted June 25 Author Share #129 Posted June 25 (edited) 2 minutes ago, evikne said: My avatar is AI generated. Is that forbidden too? It was NEVER forbidden uthil sheriff Jaap decided so. And no rules evident forbidding it. Edited June 25 by Al Brown Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 25 Share #130 Posted June 25 4 minutes ago, Al Brown said: All my relevant posts were d̶e̶l̶e̶t̶e̶d̶ censored, I bid everyone farewell for good. @LUF Admin You need to beef up your definition and specify this in the rules, otherwise you will not be taken seriously. Sea-lawyer proof them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUF Admin Posted June 25 Share #131 Posted June 25 9 minutes ago, evikne said: My avatar is AI generated. Is that forbidden too? Nope. Fine for me. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Brown Posted June 25 Author Share #132 Posted June 25 2 minutes ago, LUF Admin said: Nope. Fine for me. @LUF Admin Please check the DMs I sent you and delete my ENTIRE forum presence as requested there ASAP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUF Admin Posted June 25 Share #133 Posted June 25 11 minutes ago, Al Brown said: All my relevant posts were d̶e̶l̶e̶t̶e̶d̶ censored, I bid everyone farewell for good. All the off topic content was deleted as not relevant for the discussion („Waiting times“ as a reminder). Posts by other members (including a moderator) were hidden too, 13 minutes ago, Al Brown said: You need to beef up your definition and specify this in the rules, otherwise you are in cotradiction of the current written AGB, as the Germans say. Come on. The rules are clear (and I quoted them). Only Leica (or L-Mount) images in the Leica Forum. I already clarified this. Do you want to lecture me (as a Gerrrrrman, always keeping strictly to the rules) how to define rules and how to enforce them? Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 25 Share #134 Posted June 25 22 minutes ago, Al Brown said: @LUF Admin Please check the DMs I sent you and delete my ENTIRE forum presence as requested there ASAP. Impossible. You were quoted by other members. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted June 25 Share #135 Posted June 25 Hilarious Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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