Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug: Be careful about phrases like "its mine". It just may now be! You may have no peace until you at least buy another body. Happened to me, but not with Leica gear. Mike D - -----Excerpt from Original Message----- From: Doug Herr <Telyt@compuserve.com> To: (unknown) <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Saturday, January 08, 2000 12:32 AM Subject: [Leica] 6th grade field trip <snip> >She's an experienced Leica R photographer (see "Goldilocks and the 3 >cameras" from last summer), yet she found the 180 (f/3.4 APO) too long to >hold steady. I replaced it with the 135 Elmarit-R, which she found very >much to her liking; in fact she said something like "it's mine" with a >mischevious grin. With a caution to mind the shutter speeds I set her >loose in Auto, full field mode. She found many willing subjects, and I >still got out of several chores. > >While rewinding the film, Kelsey happily reported that she had gotten many >good portraits. I can hardly wait to see the chromes. > >Doug Herr >Sacramento >http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt </snip>