Re: [Leica] Noctilux

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

I have been on business trips to Texas and visited Houston and Dallas, but I
have never lived there and did not camera shop.  My business trips were for
auditing a hotel and restaurant complex in Salado, the Stagecoach Inn.

On those visits, in the early 70s, I would have been carrying my Leica IIIg
and been taking pictures.

Best regards,
Roland Smith
roland@dnai.com

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter S Delesandri" <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 6:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctilux


> Roland, are you or were you ever in Houston or Dallas?....
> did you collect/use Leicas then?.....I worked in a shop in both
> cities, and can remember you?...or am I nuts?.....
> Walt Delesandri
> Used to work for Southside camera and Karl Stumpf (S.S. repair facility)
in
> Houston, then years later in Dallas....I had a VERY small shop there, too.
> You can reply off list, I copied the wrong address...thanks...
>
>
> On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 22:14:36 -0800 Roland Smith <roland@dnai.com> wrote:
> > I spent the afternoon in the darkroom catching up on some printing.
> >
> > First, I printed some indoor available light pictures made with a IIIa
and a
> > Summar on HP5Plus.  Since shot at f2, the pictures were flat and lacking
in
> > contrast.  The softness had a slightly dreamy affect.
> >
> > Next, I printed a contact sheet of the pictures  I took inside the Rio
> > Casino in Las Vegas last week with a M4-2 and a newly acquired Noctilux.
> > These pictures were all shot at F1 with shutter speeds mostly at 1/250
and a
> > distance of 20 feet.  I used HP5Plus also.
> >
> > The contact sheet shows the pictures to be sharp and with good contrast.
> > Tuesday, I'll try some enlargements.   However, I seem to see why you
all
> > seem to praise the Noctilux.
> >
> > I am sure I am going to like this lens even though I will probably have
to
> > have a standing appointment with a chiropractor to undo the spinal
problems
> > caused by carrying its weight on a strap around my neck.
> >
> > Roland Smith
> >
>
>
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