Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah yes. North is everywhere, I think. I don't know where she finished but suspect it was not well due to the heavy handicap put on really competitive boats in this race. Regards, Dick On Sep 15, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Philippe Orlent wrote: > Nice surf and balance. And North Sails ofcourse. > Looks like a competitive hull, too. > > Thanks for showing, > Philippe > > > Op 15-sep-07, om 16:37 heeft Richard Taylor het volgende geschreven: > >> Well, part Pentaxian, part Nikonian, I suppose. Since digital has >> taken over, my M7, M3 and a half dozen Leitz lenses are sleeping >> quietly in their bag. I'll take the M7 and a couple of lenses >> out of storage for the upcoming LHSA and Rockport meetings and no >> doubt be tempted by the M8 yet again, but the $5K price is a >> hurdle I doubt I'm going to leap any time in the near future - >> much as I would like to have a digital body for my M lenses. >> >> In any case, all these shots used a long tele, 300 mm in 35 mm >> terms, and aren't in Leica M territory. >> >> Besides, as Mark and maybe others have discovered, the D40X and a >> 28 mm Nikkor make a really nice, small, lightweight, general >> purpose, capable, carry (almost) everywhere camera. >> >> My GRD is also sleeping soundly in a drawer. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> On Sep 15, 2007, at 4:24 AM, Christopher Birchenhall wrote: >> >>> Dick >>> >>> All three are good, thanks for showing. More of a Nikonian now? >>> >>> Chris B >>> >>> On 14/09/2007, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> Before I move on to other things, here are three more from the >>>> Moffett Cup race I thought you might enjoy. The new ones are the >>>> last three on the page. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/SAILING/ >>>> MOFFETT_2007/ >>>> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/26dsve >>>> >>>> DSC_0034 - Malabar II again, with a bone in her teeth as sailors >>>> like >>>> to say. >>>> >>>> DSC_0056 - Swallows and Amazons working her way downwind in the >>>> chop. >>>> >>>> DSC_0075 - Two sloops chugging down wind in the big chop. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Dick >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information