Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank-you Philippe. That made me feel good :-) Best, Daniel On 7/26/05, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > Daniel, > Not only you show enjoyable photographs time after time, but you also give > an appetite for clearly underrated lenses. > Thanks for showing, > Philippe > > > > From: Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > > Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:43:14 +0200 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>, > > <rolleiusers@yahoogroups.com>, > > <MUGers@yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [Leica] By Jupiter! > > > > I've been working as a school manager for Gothia Cup. Gothia Cup is a > > tournament involving 1600 youth teams (football) from around the > > world. 29 were living at the school my wife and I were managers for. > > We live at the school for 8 days, 24 hours a day and solve a problem > > or two that crops up when you have to make sure 600 people enjoy > > themselves. > > > > Anyway ... back home now and played around with Jupiter (Jupiter-8). > > The Elmar is nice, but it is slow. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter > > > > I think it does just fine wide-open at close focusing range: > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0003 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0010 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0005 > > (sometime I think the only thing the family does is sit around the > > kitchen table, eating cookies and reading newspapers) > > > > Not bad under normal circumstances either: > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0002 > > > > One thing led to another, commie glass led to commie cameras etc etc. > > I'm on vacation, so it's a way to play around. > > > > Best, > > Daniel