Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 06/30/03 8:51 AM, Ted Grant at tedgrant@shaw.ca wrote: > Well it sure as heck has been revealed this past short while, although I > shouldn't say quit as in totally, but the time to back off and do which I > can do successfully while maintaining the quality expected of me as a > photojournalist. I may become a spectator in the stands. :-( > However, I can't imagine a worst torture after being in the heat of the > action, smells, pushing & shoving for 50 years. "Oh God not relegated to the > stands!" ;-) > > A true confession to start your week. ;-) No I'm not ready to sell off all > my Leica gear just yet. ;-) So keep using them guys and gals as sure as > hell you'll lose them! There you go eh? Ted, AMEN to that! :-) Having moved to photo editor mode, I have to confess that being a bit younger than you, it's already happening to me. I can't follow focus like I used to. But I have been shooting a project on water polo (Southern California is the center of water polo in the US) for a friend who coached the Korean team when the Olympics were there. He now has teams nearby. It's been fun shooting sports. But I'm certainly glad I can use an AF camera for the action, because I'm getting 99 percent dead-on perfect focus! No matter how good I was as a shooter with Leicas before, my numbers were rarely that high for any sport, let a lone one I'm not familiar with. Good to hear from you! Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com "We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it -- and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again -- and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore." -- Mark Twain - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html