Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark on those two points: Sinar Hy6 = Rollei 6008 on its way to absorption. On the lunar 'blads, I believe a number of hardly used bodies available on the lunar surface, you just have to get there. I little while ago I saw a clip on YouTube or similar showing a shuttle crewmember accidentally putting a 'blad into orbit. Probably ended up as a spectacular meteor or Comet Victor maybe? So apparently shuttle folks can't juggle as well as Apollo folks. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- Subject: [Leica] Dark Side of the Moon In one of the first few moments of the British made "Dark Side of the Moon" about the Apollo missions going to the moon circa 69-72 there was a shot of the astronauts floating around in the first capsule in space and one yells to another as he's looking out the window at the marble ball of the earth seen for the first time as a circle. "hand me a roll of color this is a good one". And the other astronaut from the other side of the capsule flicked a silver Hasselblad ELM at him like it was a ping pong ball and he caught it seemingly easily. I guess those guys are coordinated.. Flicking the one he had back at the other guy presumably with black and white in it. Those things are less ping pong ball like when there's gravity let me tell you. It gave me a single eerie connection with these guys and the space program. The space ELM's not at all that much different in any major way as I understand it from the tool I used to shoot magazine covers and images for galleries and what not. A shame they have for the most part bit the dust. On the 4th page of the PDN Photo district news I just bought an hour ago this issue devoted to fine art photography is a full page add for what looks like a classic Hasselblad. But is from Sinar Bron Imaging. Hy6 Pronounced "High six". So don't just give me a high five. Give me a "High six". It says Schneider Kreuznach by Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH Xenotar 1: 2.8 80mm Made in Germany on the outside of the round thing in front of it. I think they call it a lens. And it comes off. Zeiss is concise. But JSK is Schneider Kreuznach by Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH. And that's what I like about it. Dark Side of the Moon is very Leica like. If you don't love it you'll know not to listen to me about anything anymore. Mark William Rabiner rabinergroup.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information