RE: [Leica] Luggers are dangerous

["Lee, Ken" <ken.lee@hbc.com>]

Jeff

Thanks for your kind offer.  If lack of cupboard space becomes too much of
an issue i'll call you.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	JeffS [SMTP:segawa@netone.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, December 17, 1998 11:28 AM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	Re: [Leica] Luggers are dangerous
> 
> Ken, first of all, let me just say that I'm available to help clean your
> cupboards at no charge!
> 
> You know, a person could outfit their house with a few of those fancy new
> metal halide light fixtures, which ought to increase brightness by a
> couple
> of stops easily :-)
> 
> Jeff Segawa
> See my photography online at
> http://www.netone.com/~segawa
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee, Ken <ken.lee@hbc.com>
> >Since I moved my Nikon and Bronica stuff to
> >the back of the cupboard 4 years ago when I got my M3 I seem to wish for
> >faster film and faster lenses. I live in the Toronto area and for the
> winter
> >months, it is dark outside when I leave for work and dark when I get
> home.
> >If I do any outdoor shooting, I need speed. Inside my house with the
> normal
> >household lights on, the brightest it gets is 1/30 at f2 with ISO 400, a
> lot
> >of the time it is 1/8 at f2.  The fastest lens I currently own is my 75mm
> >Summilux. I lust after f1 50mm and f1.4 35mm but I have a bunch of 4X5,
> MF
> >and maybe Nikon stuff to sell before I have the cash.
>