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Subject: [Leica] Re: <OT> H seminar <OT>
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 09:46:28 -0800

Donal,

You are correct about the content of the slides.

My reference was to the sharpness and brilliance of projected  2-1/4
slides. It was as if you could walk right into the photograph.

Jim


>Jim Brick wrote:
>> 
>> Last night Ernst Wildi gave a three hour Hasselblad seminar at Keeble &
>> Shuchat photography.
>> 
>> 320  6x6 slides. Dual Hasselblad projectors with Zeiss lenses.
>> 
>> Enlightening to say the least!
>> 
>> More like Stunning!
>> 
>Jim,
>
At 05:55 AM 4/5/00 +0000, Donal Philby wrote:
>
>I saw such a show of his at a North Amer Nature Photogs gather a couple
>years ago and my feeling and those of others at the table was accute
>embarrassment for him showing such sharp, clear and utterly BORING
>images.  He'd do fine at a local camera club, but not beyond.  I
>remember writing letters to both NANPA and Hassy complaining about
>wasting our time.
>
>Poor fella' to not know any better.
>
>Donal (who fortunately only occasionally gets on an elitest high horse)