Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nicely done, Kyle! Looks like it was shot with a Rollei TLR and K64 ;-) Montie -----Original Message----- >From: kyle cassidy on the lug <leicaslacker at gmail.com> >Sent: Nov 2, 2010 11:27 AM >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Subject: [Leica] Genuine Leica Portrait > >Portrait with the Ur Digilux. Presented to you at FULL RESOLUTION be >prepared for a slow download, this puppy is 724k. > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/ur-digilux-stars.jpg > >The 1998 Leica Digilux (the "Ur Digilux") is coveted by portrait >photographers because of it's portability and unobtrusiveness. If >photographing, for example, the Queen of England, the small size and >pleasing shape would put her immediately at ease. Also it's high capacity >"Smart Media" card is smart enough to record as many as eleven exposures. >This keeps the photographer THINKING rather than BLASTING away. Each shot >must be a careful choice. Many of the worlds greatest portrait >photographers will use nothing but the original Leica Digilux for their >portrait work saying "it is the camera that makes you think, it is the >camera that brings you results."