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Subject: [Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents.
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Tue Dec 30 15:40:38 2008
References: <C57F4D2A.474BA%mark@rabinergroup.com><B79B7A5F49474CC4A8870BEE4DFFB406@jimnichols> <495A68C0.1050006@tele2.fr><D072A8E71D094A59943DAB8A0B45C524@jimnichols> <495A7095.8070309@tele2.fr> <99781C1B521C483D8C7E11FF470D431E@jimnichols> <495A7F7E.9050109@tele2.fr>

are dust bunnies rodents
On Dec 30, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Philippe AMARD wrote:

> Same here  Jim -  R4 and R8 and almost redundant - yet I  LOVE them
>
> Can't wait  for the R9.2 Diesel ...
>
> Phx
>
>
> Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> 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.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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