Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 75 Summilux!
From: Five Senses Productions <fls@5senses.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 14:40:34 -0800

I am jealous!  But I am also happy that I just got my new 35/1.4 R lens
to add to my 80/1.4!

At 11:38 PM 12/29/97 -0600, Eric Welch wrote:
>I got my 75 Summilux today. Took it to lunch with a bunch of women (I was
>the token male) and while eating saw this 18 month old boy look over the
>partition at a lady eating. Was so cute I had to shoot it (and it's running
>in the paper tomorrow). Shot wide open with Kodak Ektapress 400. Probably
>1.4 at 1/250 sec. When I scanned the picture in I was amazed. The tonal
>modulation was gorgeous. The neon lights in the background glowed. The
>colors were saturated. This is truly a Leica lens with the "glow" and
>"character" that people talk about.
>
>I already love it and plan to put it to good use!
>==========
>
>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
>
>If there's one thing I can't stand, it's intolerance.
> 


Francesco Sanfilippo,
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