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Subject: [Leica] melting time?
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Fri Apr 14 15:02:54 2006
References: <000401c6600d$f1198260$656c0e44@newukolbqveo9i>

Sorry, but 'verboten' has a kind of strange ring for most people  
living in Europe still thinking about a period of more than 60 years  
ago.


Op 14-apr-06, om 23:53 heeft Jeffery Smith het volgende geschreven:

> Look up the word "verboten". It is perhaps far more sensitive an  
> issue in
> the United States, a country of people from many different  
> nationalities.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> Philippe
> Orlent
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 3:40 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] melting time?
>
>
> Jeffrey, with all due respect, plz look up the word "boutade".  
> Everything
> that is following that phrase is proof of the contrary. Kind regards,
> Philippe
>
>
>
> Op 14-apr-06, om 21:11 heeft Jeffery Smith het volgende geschreven:
>
>> Let me apologize in advance to Karen and Rei.
>>
>> Jeffery Smith
>> New Orleans, LA
>> http://www.400tx.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>> Philippe
>> Orlent
>> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 2:07 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] melting time?
>>
>>
>> You're right, Barney. Focus is not perfect indeed.
>>
>> It was just all auto setting at 400ASA in JPEG.
>> I still have to discover all the described quirkinesses of the Sony
>> DSC-R1 by myself.
>>
>> Sony? Did I say Sony? Those Japs with Zeiss glass?
>> Well yes, after comparing a lot of stuff and knowing my shooting
>> style I melted for its 10,2 MP sensor and 24-120 2.8/4.8 (35mm
>> equiv.) Zeiss lens.
>> I know it has a small and strange placed LCD, has a stiffer zoom ring
>> than my just sold Digilux 2, big RAWs, slow writing times and doesn't
>> perform as well from 1600 ASA on, but for that money, there is just
>> no (digital) equivalent.
>> Even if AF at macro setting focuses on the lips instead of the eyes
>> (I go manual 90% of the time).
>>
>> Since I was granted a Canon budget by the boss of my very own
>> company, I treated myself to an 8 MP Ricoh GR-D with external VF and
>> wide(r) conversion lens to have a lill' something pocketable, too.
>> And I ofcourse needed an upgrade to CS2 since CS doesn't read the
>> camera's RAWs and a 500 Gb external HD for all the images I'm going
>> to shoot.
>>
>> I guess the M4-2, tri-X and old style developers will be only for
>> those very special moments from now on...
>> Anybody I can please with a small Paterson?
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> Thanks everybody for looking,
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>> Op 14-apr-06, om 19:56 heeft Barney Quinn het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What a nice shot, and what a nice face. A comment, which is just my
>>> opinion. On my monitor it looks as if you focused on her lips. They
>>> seem
>>> to be razor sharp. I would like to see what this image looks like
>>> focused on her eyes.
>>>
>>> Are you going to say what this new toy is? Or are you going to
>>> keep us
>>> in suspense until we drag it out of you.! :-)
>>>
>>> Barney
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just received a new photographic toy. Had to test it ofcourse on an
>>>> easy subject:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.fullflavor.be/DSC00013.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to this weekend :-)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for looking and evt. commenting.
>>>>
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>>> --
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