Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUGs, I believe that FIE was introduced to this list by that shameless self-promoter who recently co-authored the book on Zeiss cameras, East and West. Incidentally, the cyclop on the front cover scares my dog Fluffy (actually my daughter thinks that he is her dog) who is of Pommeranian persuasion. I wish to add that the latest Viewfinder contains a review of that famous book, which goes to great lengths to illustrate why Contax lost the market battle with Leica. According to the reviewer, the book is OK and should be of interest to Leica people who use screw-mount cameras. Only the publisher is faulted for not doing a better job. Personally, I like the picture of the Nokton. I only wish that someone would be willing to part with his or hers so that I can evaluate it against the Summarit 50mm/1.5. Personally, I find the human engineering side of Zeiss Ikon cameras to be more than lacking. Anyway, I must get back to my printing. TriX and Rodinal do mix, but I wish there was something with smaller grain. Any opinions out there on Tmax 100? Best of Light, Chris At 11:32 PM 2/1/97 -0800, you wrote: >At 10:24 PM 2/1/97 -0700, you wrote: >>Didn't R. Beamon use that word once or twice here? >> >>Ben W. Holmes >> >>Boulder, CO >>USA >> >>bholmes@frii.com >> > > >fie, an interjection, from the latin "fi", I believe, an expression of >distaste, as for a bad smell.....perhaps one of the scholars here could >pitch in. >Mike Leitheiser > >"When the trout are lost, smash the state." > Tom McGuane > > >