[Leica] A Mark Rabiner sighting in Manhattan

[jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)]

Larry,

You have put the M8 to very good use.  I looked at the initial photos and 
the Central Park album, and they are all great shots.  Perhaps the IR 
problem doesn't penetrate the NY landscape.  Congratlulations on some great 
examples of what this camera is capable of producing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <larry.k@rcn.com>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:09 AM
Subject: [Leica] A Mark Rabiner sighting in Manhattan


> Hello,
> Yesterday, after getting more frustrated about the M8 "purple" problems, I
> headed out into the streets of New York to take a few shots. I haven't 
> returned
> the camera to the dealer, I am waiting for an announcement from Leica on 
> how
> they're going to address all of the issues with the camera.
>
>  Anyway, on my way back home I stopped at the Bryant Park skating rink to
> take a fews shots with the new camera. I noticed someone standing next to 
> me
> with a Bessa and asked the guy if it was a rangefinder. His response was 
> that it
> was a rangefinder without the rangefinder mechanism!
>
>  So, this was how I met Mark Rabiner, one of the members of the LUG. I 
> don't
> know why I haven't joined this list earlier, perhaps because I owned the 
> R-D1 for
> the last couple of years, and well, it isn't a Leica! I follow
> www.rangefinderforum.com and http://www.leica-camera-user.com/digital-
> forum/
>
>  What are the odds of running into another rangefinder user on the island 
> of
> Manhattan? It was a pleasure to meet Mark and I hope we have a chance to 
> go
> out shooting in the future. I think I could learn a lot from him.
>
>  Here are just a few shots:
>
>  http://tinyurl.com/ymqota
>
>  You can find other M8 shots at the top of the pages. I was amazed with 
> the
> results from Central Park.
>
>  Mark said his portrait was kind of "demonic" looking...something out of 
> "The
> Shining" perhaps? ;-)
>
>   All of these shots were taken with the 50mm Lux. I'm not consistently 
> nailing
> focus with it. I ordered one of the 1.25x magnifiers but can't use it 
> because it is
> missing the little rubber ring and I don't want to scratch my glasses! My 
> Leica
> dealer didn't have the rubber ring so I have to wait for it...
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Larry
>
>
>
>
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