Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey folks, I wasn't sure how much of this was top secret, but everybody else is talking about it so I'll mention that I signed up to do a book with science-fiction author Neil Gaiman called "Who Killed Amanda Palmer" it's a photo book with pix by me and text by Neil starring Amanda Palmer. i was just up in boston for a week working on it. Basically we had 20 little "sets" and Neil sat in the back scribbling away in a moleskin while I took photos. It was great fun. Here's a photo by Beth Hommell that was taken after one of the shoots http://kylecassidy.com/lj/2008/nfg3.jpg and I wrote about it a bunch in my blog http://kylecassidy.livejournal.com/ as did Neil Gaiman http://journal.neilgaiman.com/ It should be out in October and your kids will think you're cooler for knowing about it now. i took the Leica d700 which arrived the day before I left with the 24-120 VR lens, which I found very useful. I also used the artificial horizon on the back of the camera. It performs a lot like the d300 did, except it's full frame, of course and the high ISO's don't show nearly as much grain. I shot from 400 asa to 6400 and did a lot of handheld at low shutter speeds with the VR lens and am generally quite pleased with the results. Because it was new I also brought the d200 along and it ended up just being weight. A lot of weight. I had two batteries in the d700 and one was drained completely after 4 days of shooting. I just took the grip off and kept going, a bit happy for the lighter weight. More later when I know more, Kyle