Re: [Leica] TWO AMAZING PHOTOS

["Ting Lee" <javalee@msn.com>]

BD,
u 're right..
2 great shots (especially the bottom one).. very different styles..

Ting


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 10:47 AM
Subject: [Leica] TWO AMAZING PHOTOS


> Anyone seriously interested in photography should be sure to check out
page
> one of this morning's NY Times....Two incredible photos...one of a Florida
> tourist taking a photo of Al Gore posed on the beach with some other
> tourists, and one of three Palestinian police in combat on the West
> Bank.....Both are real classics.....And I say that as a B&W guy, even
though
> both are in color....I think the combat one would be even more chilling in
> B&W, but the color suits the Gore photo....Check them out...
>
> B. D.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Andre Jean
> > Quintal
> > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 4:12 AM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re:[Leica] Leica R t-r-e-n-d-s
> >
> >
> > Let's just hope that Leica gets their predictions for demand and thus
> > production of such new body right this time, or it will be the end of
the
> > R alltogether ;-)
> >
> > Pascal
> > --> We also must NOT discount the possibility
> > of the emergence of "something" between the
> > "amateur" Leicas and the "extreme" Leica M and R
> > series ... An hybrid lying somewhere between a
> > rangefinder and a "true" SLR, with "digital ready"
> > engineering for instance OR a non-German camera body ... !
> >
> > --> What about a Minox made Leica using non-traditional
> > materials and manufacturing technologies ?
> >
> > --> A new, affordable higher performance short
> > zoom could also benefit Leica R sales, say something
> > akin to the Contax 28-85mm, for discussion purposes.
> > This could be marketed with special "bundle" R8 ...
> >
> > --> How about a monofocal 35mm f/2.5 or f/3.4 Leica C2
> > fool-proof "family camera" with all-weather
> > and fill-in flash capabilities ?
> > For alpine ski freaks, beach safe ... Pocketable !
> >
> > --> How about a Digilux II with Leica designed lens
> > and integrated modem or cellular capabilities ?
> > Useable in very low EV lighting situations ...
> >
> > --> How about a Leica brand "workstation TV camera"
> > with integrated microphone, with looks derived from
> > the Leica C1 ? "Also available in Stealth Black".
> >
> > --> How about a smallish DV camescope with Leica lens
> > and Microtech Gefell designed integrated microphone?
> >
> > --> How about a more sophisticated TTL electronic flash
> > system, far more compact, with bounce capability as a
> > minimum design consideration ?
> >
> > Andre Jean Quintal
> >
>
>