Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I tried to access the site: 1) spelling of temple should be corrected. Its termple instead of Temple 2)The site is restricted to faculty, staff and students at temple. Doesn't appear to be a public viewing available, through this link, anyways. Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Kowaleski <ekowaleski@twmi.rr.com> Date: Friday, May 6, 2005 4:42 pm Subject: [Leica] DiMarco exhibit at Temple Unbversity. > Several old friends from the LHSA went to Philadelphia earlier > this week for > the opening of the Sal DiMarco exhibit at Temple University. > > The library at Temple University has the "Morgue" pictures and > files from > the old Philadelphia Evening Bulletin with which Sal was > affiliated for a > number of years. When Sal died, his brother, Joseph, packed up > Sal's > prints, slides, and negatives, and gave them to Temple > University's Urban > Archive which is sponsoring the current exhibit. It seems an > appropriate > place for Sal's work where iit will be with old friends. All the > pictures > in the exhibit may be seen at > http://library.termple.edu/collections/urbana. > Ed Kowaleski > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Albert Wang" <prince_alfie@yahoo.com> > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 10:17 AM > Subject: [Leica] I have returned finally... an older dude. > > > > Hi Leica-folks, > > > > Perhaps you may not have remembered me but it's Alfie > > Wang again. After taking a rather long break from > > photography for about 1 year (mostly due to Sal > > diMarco's passing away and losing a mentor), I have > > managed to return here. (Although I'm still rather > > single, that hasn't changed). And well I have managed > > to keep only my Leica M6 and R8 in my outfit and begin > > shooting again. > > > > However, this time I don't live in Philly (or the East > > Coast). I live in Salt Lake City and well it's lonely > > out there. I don't see a single Leica M shooter and I > > guess that I am the only one around here shooting with > > the red dot. > > > > Since last time I was here, I didn't have much of a > > workflow studio. Now I have a Powerbook G4, 2 iBooks, > > and a Powermac G3, all of which I plan to use for > > photo and video editing (and I just learned a little > > about Final Cut Pro). I hope to get some new Mac photo > > editing program and most likely will stick to PE3.0. > > > > Yep, things have changed. But some things never do. At > > least, I feel like a more mature photographer and > > willing to explore new ideas which is a good thing. > > And not too idealistic either. > > > > Well, since I have been out of the loop for some time, > > I caught on the Leica spiel by going to > > www.nemeng.com. > > > > Apparently it seems like digital has started to take > > over the Leica world. I read Erwin Puts' article about > > the Epson RD1 digital M-body and was surprisingly > > disappointed at the resolution. For cropping, > > apparently the softness of the image was what startled > > me compared to film. I am saddened that the expensive > > body seems to be more for convenience rather than > > being of much practical or professional use. Too bad. > > > > However, the most exciting development is the new > > Zeiss Ikon M series! I thought woohoo. I don't have > > anything against the Voigtlander stuff but certainly > > the fact that Zeiss is abandoning the Contax G (not > > even digital yet) system and focusing on creating > > M-compatible lenses and bodies is an awesome thing. > > The Zeiss Ikon M looks like a cool beans sort of thing > > since it's a much cheaper version of the overpriced > > M7. It's great that Cosina is improving a lot and the > > lenses look sweet even the 50 Planar. > > > > I was just wondering, how similar are the Contax G > > lenses and the Zeiss M lenses? > > > > Just wanted to drop by and say hi to all my old > > buddies here. > > > > thanx, Alfie Wang > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >