Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Howard. All fine, thanks for sharing the atmosphere. I notice that -contrary to Thailand where I was earlier this year- people don?t seem to look happy, or at least smile much. Except for the gang of course :-) Is this a permanent feature of social life in HK or just a coincidence? Keep them coming Amities Philippe > Le 4 d?c. 2018 ? 22:56, Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > Hello Luggers, > > Arrived in Hong Kong three mornings ago. It is the one place in the world I > can visit without medical travel insurance as I have PR (Permanent > Residency) > with access, if needed, to the local public health system - so we are here > to celebrate > Christmas with our son, daughter-in-law and namesake grandson. > > On Monday I met up with old friend Greg Rubinstein, visiting from Chicago, > Austin, Kafu Wong, > and old HK friend Ray Tai for a ramble through the Shau Kei Wan wet market > followed > by Dim Sum lunch. At lunch we were joined by Raymond Yu, long time Leica > repairman, > now retired but doing film body repairs privately. I have known Raymond > since he repaired > the rewind knob on my first M6 from sometime in the mid 80?s. > > Here is a folder of images taken during the ramble. Most are with the M10 > and the tri-elmar > with one or two taken with the Konica dual 21 - 35 on the M10. > > The close ups are the 90 Elmarit on the Fuji XH1 - a combination, given > the IBIS in the > XH1 - that allows me to get eye lash sharp close ups without magnification > vibration. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HongKong2018/Austin_Kafu_Ray_Greg35Tri.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HongKong2018/Austin_Kafu_Ray_Greg35Tri.jpg.html>> > > and shift right. Can be viewed large if you like. > > C&C always welcome. > > Howard. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information