From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Mon Sep 23 12:36:19 2024 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:36:19 -0700 Subject: [Leica] OT: hosting provider going belly up In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > Also, a really dumb question: when I do a whois search on one of the > domains I registered through those guys, greatpix.eu (but I just use > the domain, no hosting in this case), the registrar is a different > company. So even though I bought the domain through the company that > is closing, is the domain ?safe?, or do I still need to do something > with it? The listed registrar for greatpix.eu is Register S.p.A. Is that the company going out of business? The .eu domain is owned and operated by eurid.eu, which I know to be stable. If one of its registrars goes belly-up, I trust Eurid to find a new one and connect you to it. The "registrar" is not the holder of the domain registration information but rather just the broker who did the administrative work for you. From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Mon Sep 23 14:26:10 2024 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 07:26:10 -0700 Subject: [Leica] OT: hosting provider going belly up In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3c684a00318cfdd2af8edead31edb88e@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> > I will see if I can deal directly with Register SpA. https://www.register.it/ From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Tue Sep 24 12:05:16 2024 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 05:05:16 -0700 Subject: [Leica] Second test, continue ignoring In-Reply-To: <549374F1-A157-4896-B4D9-E977744C348E@gmail.com> References: <549374F1-A157-4896-B4D9-E977744C348E@gmail.com> Message-ID: I am ignoring your request to ignore your message. On 2024-09-24 00:11, Nathan Wajsman via LUG wrote: > Bla bla > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > nwajsman at gmail.com > > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Thu Sep 26 20:59:55 2024 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:59:55 -0700 Subject: [Leica] Leica Q3 43mm lens just announced In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <23f83089ef68d8cfe09f22c347c3443b@reid.org> > Especially intimate > portraits the longer focal length will be far more flattering. Basically all I do is portraits. I'm not in the same class as, say, Alan Magayne-Roshak, but generally the people whose portraits I take say they like them. My experience is that the focal length of the lens only affects how much you have to crop the frame. My benchmark portrait lens is the LTM Elmar 9cm f4, but I have found that if my distance to the subject is the same with my Q2 28mm, I get the same pose and perspective as I get with the 90mm Elmar. The whole trick is to stand where you would stand with a 90mm lens, and resist the temptation to get closer. The Q2 has enough pixels that a digital crop yields good results. From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Sun Sep 29 04:02:56 2024 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 21:02:56 -0700 Subject: [Leica] I rebooted the LUG gallery computer Message-ID: <4fef3c92a74d0e703697a85593c08fb1@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> Lluis reported problems with gallery.leica-users.org. I rebooted it. That is the oldest computer I have, so I am not surprised to see problems arise. From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Mon Sep 30 02:01:09 2024 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 19:01:09 -0700 Subject: [Leica] A photography story that you might like Message-ID: This photo of a lavish breakfast on the National Mall captivated the country. The real story was a mystery ? until now. https://wapo.st/4eJZBvA I think the camera involved is an M3: https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/J4OUWJHUMK3RNA6G7XWGIJMOGU.JPG&high_res=true&w=2048