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Subject: [Leica] telyt try
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Sun May 25 09:50:53 2008

Simon,

And a lot easier than designing equipment for an Airbus.  ;-)

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "simon jessurun" <simon.apekop@gmail.com>
>
> What an excellent idea !Sounds a lot better then learning to fly an Airbus.
> simon
> 
> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Actually I though that he could set up a little portrait stand and take
> > pictures of the tourists with the house in the background. Might as well
> > make a few bucks in the process.
> >
> > Len
> >
> >
> >
> > On May 24, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On May 24, 2008, at 8:40 AM, simon jessurun wrote:
> >>
> >> A windmill I wish.
> >>> No it's a new design and for reasons which are totally beyond me , 
> >>> since
> >>> it
> >>> was designed using 10 sugarcubes as a model, it is listed in some
> >>> european
> >>> architects book as one of the 20 house one has to see in Amsterdam.
> >>> It's uter nonsense a 10 year old designs houses the same way.
> >>> But it provides us with a constant stream of in lookers some even 
> >>> stroll
> >>> inside 'when we are not looking Oddly enough the majority are from
> >>> scandinavian countries and they especially the Finns can be extremely
> >>> rude.Last week there were these two brasilian girls.I have to admit I
> >>> gave
> >>> them the grand tour.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> perhaps you need to get out there with the tourists, and photograph your
> >> house for us...
> >>
> >> (then sell postcards)
> >>
> >>
> >> :-)
> >>
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> btw the Telyts handle without any problem on the canon I just have to
> >>> remeber to up the ISO otherwise my ineptitude with the thing shows.
> >>> best,simon
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hello Simon,
> >>>>
> >>>> Now my curiosity is up. Your tourist story is quite interesting and
> >>>> funny
> >>>> at the same time. You must have a very interesting house for it to be 
> >>>> a
> >>>> tourist attraction. Do you live in a castle? Or maybe a windmill. ;-)
> >>>>
> >>>> And yes the 560 Telyt is a curiosity all by itself. It can even bring
> >>>> fear
> >>>> to the hearts of the uninformed. I get questioned about mine all the
> >>>> time.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best Regards,
> >>>> Len
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On May 24, 2008, at 8:29 AM, simon jessurun wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>  Since we moved house last November we suffer from busloads of
> >>>>
> >>>>> architecturial
> >>>>> tourists who gape through our windows and snap away while we enjoy
> >>>>> breakfast
> >>>>> or whatever.
> >>>>> Finaly have found a way to repel them.The 560 Telyt.
> >>>>> It's quite funny to see them shy away from taking pictures when they
> >>>>> spot
> >>>>> the canon in their viewfinders.
> >>>>> Some go to extreme distances to take snaps anyway.So far away that 
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> telyt
> >>>>> cannot resolve them anymore.
> >>>>> The enlargements show the Lumix with a Leica lens to be quite 
> >>>>> popular.
> >>>>> Anyway here is the folder.
> >>>>> Best simon jessurun,amsterdam.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/animal/telyt_001/
> >>>>>
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