Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful behind-the-scenes documentary, Bryan. Deepest sympathy on the rebellious gearbox, and I'll look for you next year and hope for something other than DNF. While living in Germany in 1979-82, I attended Le Mans twice and will never forget the heady atmosphere and some magical aspects of the whole experience. One of these took place after the race: stopping at a service area on the Autoroute back toward Germany, I pulled up next to a Ferrari 512BB in the parking space to its right and, as if that were not exciting enough to a car nut like me, as I exited my vehicle, I spotted on the passenger seat of the 512 a racing helmet and pair of Nomex gloves...a truly eloquent montage, bespeaking a warrior on his way home from battle. Maybe next year I'll make it back. ?howard On Jul 4, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Bryan Willman wrote: > In the first part of June I drove with an entry in the 24hrs of LeMans. > It didn't go well, but I did get some OK images, which I used to create > my sofobomo book. > http://www.sofobomo.org/book-362-LeMans-2010 > > The parade images and a few others were shot with an X1. > > Most of the rest shot with an M9 and 21f1.4. > > The new m-mount 12mm was used for the shot from the cockpit. > > For what it's worth, I'm happy with the M9/X1 combo. They are close > enough to function as backup cameras for each other, and of course an X1 > is vastly cheaper than an M9. They are different enough to cover a > wider range of application - in particular an X1 is small enough to > stuff in the pocket of a driving suit. And M9 is faster and easier > (yes, even without autofocus) especially in dark cramped places. > > I use a the cv 35mm finder on the X1, seems to work just fine. > > bmw > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information