Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctilux for Rabs
From: lea <lea@whinydogpress.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 16:22:59 -0500
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Congratulations on the lens and excitement!

I'm pondering the same purchase myself....
Lea

Mark Rabiner wrote:

> I just ordered a Noctilux from Glazers in Seattle!
> I half feel like taking a train up there and picking it up myself in person.
> We had a rare financial windfall i'm not sure if this kind of thing would happen again.
> I've had Noctilux on the brain for 6 months now.
> The work of Tina Manley and Ted Grant and others, the recent chess pictures
> posted by rei shinozuka have made a big impression on me. So I'm sweating blood
> waiting for this lens to come by Friday.
>
> I'm planing on using this lens with Delta 100 as well as my mainstay, the 400.
> And will probably be doing a lot of night and low light indoor shooting with
> Neopan 1600.
> It might be good to shoot with Kodachrome 64. I wont even thought about the 25,
> maybe the 200.
> It should be a big thing for my work. A pun i guess!
>
> I'm going to just shoot with this lens for several months. Never take it off the
> camera. I'll go to San Francisco in a few weeks with it and then San Antonio for
> the LHSA thing. Leave my flash at home. Maybe this will extend through the year!
>
>         ...will balance perfectly with his new Rapidwinder
>
> Mark Rabiner F ONE and be there!
>         ...Feeling like he should add some Rodinal to his Xtol.
>
> http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/

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Lea Murphy
Whiny Dog Press
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In reply to: Message from Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com> ([Leica] Re: [Lieca] LUG and AOL)
Message from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> ([Leica] Noctilux for Rabs)