Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > I was delighted to finally meet Felix Lopez de Maturana in person in his > home town of San Sebastian last week whilst on holiday in the south west of > France. > > Felix is known to many of you and has an impressive collection of Leicas, > Nikons and other cameras. He was easy to spot outside the theatre Kuursaal, > immaculately dressed with Leica M7 and 28mm f2 summicron. > > > > We had a very nice stroll around the old town of San Sebastian before Felix > invited us to have lunch with him in one of his favourite restaurants. > There > of course we discussed cameras and our various friends on the LUG. Next > time perhaps we can arrange for Luis and Nathan to join us. Maybe Steve > could drop off from London as well! > > > > I showed Felix my little ?O? series replica which has always been a > favourite Leica of mine. However closer inspection of Felix?s M7/28mm combo > had me wondering why on earth I had ever bought it. Seems a veritable > antique alongside the M7! > > > > You can see a couple of shots of Felix and I on the link below. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album369 > > > > I hope I have the opportunity to catch up with Felix again as I may be > moving to Bordeaux, which is a lot closer to San Sebastian than Orleans! > > A wonderful afternoon and great to meet a LUG member in person! > > > > Kind regards > > > > Jeff le kiwi > > > > PS I think we look like two brothers who both enjoy the fine wines and > excellent food found in Spain and France :-) > > > > ------------------------------ Let me say Jeff that it was a true nice time. How different is to meet someone that just knowing it through his lug mails. Your parents, Jeff, are fantastic people. He and his Indian motorcycle and she, veteran photographer, supplied extraordinary stories. I only was suffering due to my poor English language. I'll be very happy to be again the host of you and any other LUG member in his trip to Spain. Kind regards. Felix.