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Subject: [Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents.
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue Dec 30 12:54:04 2008

I think Yosemite Sam used to call Bugs a RODENT When he was particularly
annoyed with him.
Hence the confusion.


Mark William Rabiner



> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@lighttube.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:32:46 -0600
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents.
> 
> Philippe,
> 
> I went out with my Leica IIIf RD and Summitar this morning and finished up 
> a
> roll of film that has been in the camera for months.  It is so much more
> convenient to use digital that my film cameras get very little use.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philippe AMARD" <philippe.amard@tele2.fr>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents.
> 
> 
>> Jim,
>> we're all Leica users in a way,
>> but at heart, are we not all photography lovers?
>> 
>> I'll get myself an adaptor for the L1 and try the  28 mm some time, soon.
>> 
>> ;-)
>> 
>> Asahily yours
>> Phx
>> PS: Mark would say Super Multi Coated Takumars :-)
>> 
>> 
>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Philippe,
>>> 
>>> I have retired the Spotmatic, but still use the Super Takumars on my Oly
>>> E-510 with an adapter.  I have all of the ones that you named except for
>>> the 28. The 55mm f/1.8 makes a nice portrait lens on a four/thirds DSLR.
>>> 
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe AMARD"
>>> <philippe.amard@tele2.fr>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:30 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Pentax?
>>>> Spotmatic?
>>>> 
>>>> Wonderful memories
>>>> Also had an ESII along with the Spotmatic F
>>>> 
>>>> and Super Takumars - 135mm, 28mm (still on the shelves), 1.8 55mm, and
>>>> also f1.4 50 a gem of its own sort.
>>>> Feeling young again all of a sudden, DK why ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> Oh yes, I love the squirrel !
>>>> 
>>>> Got one of those with my Contax in Chicago so long ago - must find the
>>>> slide some day.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for sharing
>>>> Phx
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi, Mark,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I couldn't afford the latest Leica gear at the time, but my trusty
>>>>> Pentax Spotmatic did the job just fine.  You have to offer food to the
>>>>> critters, and they love you. The linked photo below was made in Rocky
>>>>> Mountain National Park, in 1991.
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/The+Moocher+1991.jpg.ht
>>>>> ml
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner"
>>>>> <mark@rabinergroup.com>
>>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:59 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> At the Rocky Mountain National Park at the LHSA meeting we all tried
>>>>>> shooting these little quick cute critters like that a bit smaller and
>>>>>> shyer.
>>>>>> A challenge for an M6 and a 50 or 90.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> From: Gee Bee <graham@geebeephoto.com>
>>>>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:11:14 -0000
>>>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 29, 2008, at 5:58 PM, Seth wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> squirrels? SQUIRRELS??? but they're rodents, f'r heav'n sake!
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> did a bloody rodent ever sit in your lap? - or lick your hand?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> ------
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --------------------------
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/p06.html
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 3 more pics (scroll)
>>>>>>> http://www.geebeephoto.com/temp/posts/squirrel.html
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --Graham
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
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Replies: Reply from chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich) ([Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents.)
In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents.)