Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice images as usual, Karen. I love the way you show us slices of life from everywhere you go. My favorites are the gap-toothed guy in front ot the umbrella repairmen, and the couple doing western-style ballroom dancing under Chairman Mao's watchful gaze (on your "geek page," VERY funny!). The two men doing Tai Chi look like they are suspended in mid-air! I understand completely your decision to take only your RF cameras. Ever since I came back to Leica Ms, even my relatively small and light Olympus OM-2 has languished in the closet, being brought out only for an occasional macro or tele shot. As for the the Canon 10D, soon to be 20D, is a logical DSLR choice as it allows the use of so many other brands of lenses on it. The problem is that it's so big and heavy that you don't want to take it with you. Even the 50/1.4 is monstrous. Nathan and others are doing beautifully with it, but it just isn't my style. Interesting side note: At least two folks on the Olympus list initially bought 10Ds so they could use their Zuiko lenses with an adapter, and have now switched to the E-1. I'm beginning to think that for Leica-likeness in a DSLR, there really are only two choices: the Pentax *ist and the Olympus E-1. I'm seriously considering these, plus (God help my wallet) the RD-1. We'll see after the dust from Photokina settles. I hate scanning (which is what I'm doing in the background right now). I suppose you can scan while cross-referencing all those footnotes for your book. :-) --Peter Klein Seattle, WA At 12:01 PM 9/12/04 -0700, Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com> wrote: >Well, I've been scanning and editing like mad this week (some major >procrastination going on with writing my book). I've finally managed >to get enough photos together to begin a new series on my trip to >China. Here are the first five pages in my gallery: > > http://www.photoethnography.com/gallery/china2004/index.html