Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]dingedy-dang! I didn't know there was so much talent and LUGgers in The Ole North State! I hope to run into them some day! Dan the Greensboro Native - -----Original Message----- From: Bill Welch <Bill.Welch@pressroom.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Tuesday, December 16, 1997 1:43 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Tina, Bill & A Panther's Game >I too want to report to the LUGs on what a pleasure it was to meet two of our >members, Harrison and Tina, last weekend, in Charlotte, N.C. It was a real treat to get >to chat with these two fine photographers, and a reminder of what a resource this group >is. > Tina not only brought her Noctilux but mounted it on her M6 fitted with a Tom >Abrahams Rapidwinder. (She's got two.) That makes for one formidable and weighty >picture-taking machine. It also made it pretty easy to identify Tina when we entered the >crowded restaurant. > It was the first chance I've had to examine the Rapidwinder up close, and it >certainly is as silky smooth in operation as the camera it is attached to. It lives up >to the Leica standard, even if it doesn't bear the name. > I also got my hands on some of the magazines that carry Harrison's pictures, and >they are filled with really wonderful work -- sports, scenics and people. He has an >incredible shot of the Panthers quarterback at the instant he was struck in the jaw and >injured early this season. Tack sharp, of course. I'm afraid I didn't come away from the >football game with any picture of that quality, but I did have a great time seeing >friends both old and new. > I had a Leica moment at the game too. At one point I draped my long lens over my >shoulder and worked the Packers bench with the M6 and 35/2. One of the Fox TV guys >walked over and said, "What kind of a camera is that?" I had to laugh. > Anyhow, it's great to meet other Lugs, and I hope to do so again. Both Harrison >and Tina are impressive image-makers, regardless of equipment, and very pleasant >company. > >Regards, > >Bill Welch > >Harrison McClary wrote: >> >> I wanted to relate my past weekend with them members of the LUG. >> > >