Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's really good Martin. :) :) :) Jim At 11:34 PM 10/5/98 +0200, you wrote: >The only lens I currently have is the Elmar. Not used to collapsible >lenses, it took a while before I got used to it, but now we're best >friends. Decided to dedicate the following to all those 'funky' Leica >lenses ;-) > > > ELMAR'S TUNE > (Sing to Elmer's Tune by Glenn Miller) > > Sometimes neglected, rejected, forgotten sort of, > This lens, I reckon, will beckon a labour of love, > The gentle bokeh, the 'smokeh' midtones that bloom, > It's just Elmar's Tune > > What makes a lady of eighty start using a loupe? > Young snappers scramble to ramble, and set of in troupe, > When shadows kick in and thicken, shots opportune, > It's just Elmar's Tune > > Listen, > Listen, > There's a lot you're liable to be missin', > Sling it, > Don't ding it, > Any old day, it's a wonderful prime, > > As it collapses, it lapses you into a dream, > Of shadows deepended and steepened, and highlights like cream, > Your photos singing and swinging, whether gold or maroon, > That's just Elmar's Tune, yeah, > That's just Elmar's Tune, oh, > That's just Elmar's Tune! > > >M. > >-- >Martin V. Howard, Application Systems Laboratory, | >Dept. of Comp. & Info. Sci., Linkoping University, | Just "DOHH" it! >SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden. Tel +46 13 282 421, +----------------+ >Fax +46 13 142 231; marho@ida.liu.se; www.ida.liu.se/~marho > Jim Brick (650) 470-1132 http://www.photoaccess.com