Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Apologies to the easily offended if my post below is upsetting. It was meant to be a private message to Johnny, not a post. I'm donning my asbestos suit as I eat a very large portion of humble pie. When these tasks are complete I shall take myself off to the "Email 101 for dummies" class. Alistair - -----Original Message----- From: Stewart, Alistair Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 4:03 PM To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: RE: [Leica] Canon 28/2.8 Johnny, and when it's on a II or III, you've got the ultimate pocketable P&S, everything the Nikon 28ti isn't :=) Went to see Tori Amos the other week, they wouldn't let cameras in. I stuffed the loaded II body in my underwear (being careful not to let my balls drop into the lens mount), and put the 28 in my pocket. I assumed my flaming pink persona as we got in line to be admitted. The security gorillas frisked me, and thankfully their homophobic tendencies kept the II body undetected. The lens wasn't so lucky. "That, honey? Oh yeah, It's my magnifying glass that I use to look at stamps and wild flowers" :=) Rock and roll with the kooky redhead with tri-x at 3200. 1/20 @ f2.8. The horizontal angle of view drawn in permanent marker on the top plate eliminates the need for a v/f. The only thing that sucks is the long processing time (yawn). best of light. Alistair - -----Original Message----- From: Johnny Deadman [mailto:deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 3:33 PM To: AStewart@gigaweb.com; Leica Users digest Subject: [Leica] Canon 28/2.8 Yeah, what a great lens. The 35 Summilux of the Canon LTM range :-). Like the Summilux, it glows and glows, and has a great 'roundness'. Also, it is miniscule. Put it on the M4-P and it doesn't need a finder...you can put it on a Canon 7, too, as the entire v/f image is smack on 28 even tho the frame lines are 35. My epoxied Canon-7 and the 28/2.8 is the camera/lens combination I used for all the rock n roll stuff -- got knocked out of my hands a few times in the squash at the front, but no harm done and I didn't faint from fear of damage either. - -- Johnny Deadman "The unfinished is nothing" - Frederick Amiel