Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice pictures #7662 and 7675 Cheers LLuis El 05/02/2014, a las 19:22, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> escribi?: > While in the LA area, we took a trip to Santa Monica pier one day. A long > trip from Sun City. Along the way we stopped at a few camera stores, one > of which was the Leica store. Here I am in front of my future new Leica. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/l/LA+trip-7658.jpg.html > > So, I once again got to play with an M(240). This time I was more relaxed > and had a great experience, unlike the one in Palm Springs. They even had > a broken R lens I was able to try out (no aperture ring function) and I > found the camera to be pretty good with the R lens, but not so good I > would plunk down $8K. I will investigate Fuji or Sony. We also visited > my friend's camera store in Hollywood (Calumet) but he did not have the > Fuji in stock and his 7A Sony had no lenses to try with it. Selling them > pretty good, I guess. So I still do not have any hands on experience with > either of them. > > We made it to Santa Monica pier just after sunset and were treated to a > nice show of color. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/l/LA+trip-7662.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/l/LA+trip-7675.jpg.html > > It also happened to be the full moon, so turning around we saw this. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/l/LA+trip-7683.jpg.html > > Great fish and chips. Rivaled Ivars in Seattle. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/l/LA+trip-7704.jpg.html My > sister in law on the left and my wife. > > Then we packed it up and fought the traffic all the way back to Sun City. > > Comments welcome. View the sunsets large if possible. > > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired (retarded?) Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > "The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream." James D. Watson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information