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Subject: [Leica] Trip to Santa MonicaQ
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 21:04:08 +0100
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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 
> 
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