Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jay, Thanks very much. I see from Nikon's site that there will be a course near where I am in June. I'm starting a different course in early April (at Glen Echo near D.C.; intro photo taught by an instructor from the Corcoran). Depending how that goes I'll keep the Nikon course in mind. Cheers, G. On 12 Mar 2001, at 23:03, Jay Coleman wrote: > George: > > I highly recommend "The Nikon School." It is a one day program that > travels from city to city giving a very good overview of photographic > technique. They also give you a great reference book, pocket size, > with all sorts of tables for photographic situations -- such as night > photography. There are ads in photo magazines, such as "Outdoor > Photographer" which give schedules; I imagine Nikon's website also has > the info. > > Check it out. > > Jay Coleman > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of George > Kenney Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 7:18 PM To: > leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] OT reference > material/equipment questions > > > Help! > > I have no excuse for my budding Leicaholism. I don't know how to > take pictures, but I've now acquired in rapid succession 2 new M6 TTLs > (.58 and .85), 1 used M4-2 (btw from the notorious Canadian retail > shop of the notorious zoom lens episode -- they were quite nice, I > thought, and gave me an excellent price on an excellent body), 6 Leica > lenses and 1 Voigtlander lens. > > BUT THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH!! > > No, today I had to buy a Hassleblad 501CM w/ 80 CFE. (I know this is > more gear than I'll learn how to use properly in years, but I've > always wanted to take interesting pictures and, in part, I decided to > spend some money to take my mind off losing a fortune in the stock > market.) > > Anyhow, I can't find resources for Hassleblad anything like the > fantastic resources for Leica on the web. Does anybody have any > suggested links, please? > > Secondly, and more or less unrelated, can anybody give me links > and/or titles of reference books or pamphlets to buy, for exposure > tables for nighttime photography? I got two shots out of a roll to > come out right the other night, by luck I think. > > Thanks, > > G. > > P.S. I may even post some snaps, if I can figure out how photonet > works... >