Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. you are a brave man... So, you will be the only non-family member present? Sounds like a great time. Enjoy. - -Doug - ----- Original Message ----- From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 7:41 PM Subject: [Leica] Am I really doing this > So I'm sitting in my cubical in the Manhattan PR office, trying to kill > time until I take the 9 p.m. Staten Island Ferry inorder to meet a man > named "Chubby" in the McDonalds at the Staten Island terminal. > > If all goes as planned - BIG IF - Chubby and I will be picked up by one > of three 12 passenger vans which, having begun their trip in Queens, NY, > will travel through the night toward Columbia, South Carolina, for the > first reunion of members of the Bracy family, a clan of black Americans > who have traced their roots back to about 1800 and a slave/witch doctor > on a plantation outside Columbia. > > Should we survive the drive, the festivities begin at 6 p.m. Friday with > a buffet dinner at a Holiday Inn where family members are staying, > followed by the presentation of a birthday cake to the 96-year-old > matriarch of the Bracy family - the youngest reunion attendee is > one-year-old. Family members will assemble a family quilt, and will then > boogee on down with a DJ until midnight or so. > > Saturday begins with a trip to the church founded by the > great-great-great-great grandfather of the woman who put this reunion > together, the church where countless Bracy's are buried, and the church > where the 96-year-old went to school as a little girl. > > The visit to the church will be followed from 1-9 p.m. with a get > together in a state park, where family members will barbeque two whole > hogs, have a card tournament, run games for the kids, and, if luck is > with them, play a softball game with another family having a reunion > there that day. > > Sunday it's back into the vans for the drive back to New York for the > New York area family members and me, your intrepid LUGer, lugging three > Ms, two F100s, lenses galore, an Olympus E20 N digital camera, and 50 > rolls of Tri-X and 10 of Delta 3200. > > What I haven't figured out yet, is how to focus and shoot in my sleep - > and whether there really will be a guy named Chubby meeting me at the > McDonalds at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.:-) > > 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 bdcolen > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:50 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] 35 mm RF lens test result > > > Well, there are two possibilities here - either they were testing the > LuxASPH, or the test isn't worth a damn....and I have to say that the > test sounds pretty poor anyway, as no 35 1.4 at 1.4 is going to do as > well as a 35 2 at f2...or were they only comparing the lenses from f 2 > onward. If that's the case, it's still a foolish test, because if you > buy a 35 1.4 you - hopefully - buy it because you need the speed. So > whether it performs quite as well at slower speeds as slower lenses > becomes somewhat irrelivant. > > 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 Rob > Appleby > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:16 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] 35 mm RF lens test result > > > I suspicion he mean the new one... > R. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Straus" <Mail@SlideOne.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 11:52 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] 35 mm RF lens test result > > > > on 8/15/02 3:47 PM, Christer Almqvist at chris@almqvist.net wrote: > > > > > Second was Konica Hexanon with Zeiss Planar a close third, partly > > > due to a good price/quality relation where they only lost five and > > > four points respectively. Summilux was fourth, with eleven points > > > lost due to its high price. Disregarding the price/quality rating, > > > Summicron would still be placed before Summilux which would then be > > > second overall. > > > > Sounds surprising. For how often I hear the Lux get complained about > > for it's old design etc it would still take 2nd for quality...? Odd... > > -- > > John Straus > > Chicago, IL > > http://SlideOne.com > > http://SlideOne.com/EditorsRoom > > ========================== > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html