[Leica] Monday Misc.

[Don Dory]

I was using the 70-200 2.8 and the 1.4 teleconverter.  I could really use
the 300 2.8 but have better uses for the $.

On Mon, Feb 3, 2025, 6:12 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Don,
> They're very good and very well caught by you. Your A7 is doing well. I
> see it was at a focal length of 280mm, but what particular lens did you
> use?
>
> On HW Brand, he looks fairly fervent all right. I must see if I can get
> his book especially as the current Tariffist-in-Chief seems set on
> making all of us - especially those of us on any sort of fixed income -
> poorer. Sadly, as we all know history doesn't repeat itself, but has an
> uncanny rhyme. It's going to be buy your camera and any lenses quickly
> in the month's grace as the world will have heavy inflation triggered if
> a global tariff war kicks off.
> Living on a small island, we tried protectionism after independence in
> its early decades, but our economy stagnated for years and we had mass
> emigration. No one wants that again.
>
> Douglas
>
> On 03/02/2025 10:59, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> > Greetings to all.  This last week I was fortunate to attend a talk by H.
> W.
> > Brands on the UT campus.  The talk was based on his current book,
> "America
> > First: Roosevelt vs Lindbergh in the Shadow of War".  From the attached
> > images you can see that he is a spirited speaker.
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/H+W+Brands+I.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/H+W+Brands+II.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/H+W+Brands+III.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/H+W+Brands+II.jpg.html
> >
> > If any on this group are history buffs especially on the interwar period
> > there is an interesting look at the dynamics going on in the US on the US
> > role in the world that have some echoes today.
> >
> > All the best.
> >
>
>
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