Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant wrote: > Steve Barbour resonded to: > Subject: Re: [Leica] baseball shoot! :-) Leica and digital working like > a dream! > > >> Ted Grant wrote: >> >>> Actually the results made me feel a tad better, now if I get a good >>> nights sleep I might just be vertical and breathing in the morning. >>> ;-) If not, it's hasta la vista baby! ;-) Nice knowing you all! :-) >>> >>> good night, >>> ted > > > Steve said: > >> sleep well Ted... feel better in the morning....< > > > Howdy Steve, > Good morning good doctor, thanks for the advice! :-) And surprise, > surprise I made another night, it worked. > > Well OK I feel some better but I'm sure a month lying on the beach in > Hawaii or some other location with warm beaches, water and semi-clad > females would really do wonders for my aches, pains and without > question, use of my Leica's, long lenses and 20D! ;-) > > Now if you'd write a prescription for some R&R in just such a location I > can run it by she who must be obeyed and tell her..."Doctor Steve gave > this as medical advice!" ;-) Oh yeah I forgot you know her and yes I > agree, she probably would tell you and I just what to do with a > prescription of that sort. ;-) > > And those big colour prints I made last evening shot with the 20D and > Leica 80-200 f4.0 on a Epson 2200 while shooting baseball yesterday? > > They sure look beautiful in daylight! :-) Even the action looks better! > So I guess I haven't lost my re-action to action touch at shooting > sports. ;-) > > And yes I still feel, even more so, I will not use film to shoot sports > of any kind in the future. It's quite simple really, the photos look > much better, have a quality and look film through R8's and the same lens > just doesn't cut it! I am looking forward to photography through a 400mm > shortly covering the same subject and 20D. > > You see I waited a long time for the R8's as I needed 3 of them in how I > work. Another 3 years for the motor drive. And I wouldn't trade them for > the world. However, like many others, I've waited for Leica to get off > their collective asses to produce the R8-9 digi back. As unfortunate as > it is for them it seems "Mr. Canon has blown them out of the water, > period!" > > Certainly now that I can use any Leica lens I own on the 20D and produce > prints that blow people away when they see the printed photography. > > Thanks again for the advice. A few more take it easy days and I'll be > back to regular form. :-) > ted Rx...come down here and enjoy the nice weather... high today... 78 deg F. , but it won't last too long... bring your Leicanons... :-) glad you feel better Ted... Steve