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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Converted M9 and 75/1.4
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 21:43:29 +0200
References: <CA+yJO1BHosn7aBeqMjGan0FNnExKHG-3Md3N65GP2pPPpnRu+A@mail.gmail.com> <20A64DC7-69C2-49DE-9447-0ADE5E0FA791@frozenlight.eu> <CA+yJO1CNwjPPaOb-6wr3tvKQwNO9pA_odCKtUP=Wo7NiXaqtGA@mail.gmail.com>

I hope their mother has a dedicated washing machine for them b...  
kids !!!

A nice opportunity you had there Tina, and seized :-)

Amiti?s
Philippe

Le 3 oct. 12 ? 20:24, Tina Manley a ?crit :

> They don't stomp the grapes!  The young son just wanted to do it to  
> make
> his own bottle of wine.  They have a machine that strips the grapes  
> from
> the stems and the juice and skins go straight into vats to sit for  
> awhile
> and turn into wine.  I have lots of photos of that, too, but it's  
> just not
> as interesting as stomping.
>
> I prefer the MM ;-)  but even more, I prefer having a dedicated B&W  
> camera.
>
> Tina
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Nathan Wajsman  
> <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tina,
>>
>> I hate to say it, but I actually prefer the M9 converted version.  
>> It seems
>> to have more pleasing tonality.
>>
>> Referring to one of the other pictures, I cannot believe they  
>> actually
>> still stomp grapes. In most wineries in Italy, Spain, Portugal  
>> etc., this
>> is done only when the tourists come, and only in very few places.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>
>>
>> YNWA
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 3, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>>
>>> PESO:
>>>
>>> Several asked to see the M9 photo converted to B&W to compare with  
>>> the MM
>>> one.
>>>
>>> http://www.pbase.com/image/146447879
>>>
>>> Using exactly the same settings in Silver Efex Pro that I used for  
>>> the MM
>>> one.
>>>
>>> Someone also asked about the 75/1.4 and whether it is worth  
>>> carrying the
>>> weight.  It is lighter than my 90/2!!  I like the 75 a lot when I  
>>> hit the
>>> focus.  It's my hardest lens to focus with digital but it's also my
>>> favorite portrait lens.  I just have to take a lot of photos to be  
>>> sure I
>>> get one in focus!
>>>
>>> Opinions greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>>
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>
>
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMG: Converted M9 and 75/1.4)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG: Converted M9 and 75/1.4)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMG: Converted M9 and 75/1.4)