Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was up late last night all keyed up from night shooting wide open with my 50mm Summicron and Delta 400 walking all over downtown and NW Portland. I was trying out my new light blond Domke strap on my old chrome body. And pretending my Summicron was my Noctilux. If i had Neopan 1600 I'd have done a better job at that illusion. But in a way i was doing surprisingly OK at f2 with 400 speed film. I was woken with a start just after 8 am this morning by the dog bell. I mean door bell. I ran downstairs yelling above the barking and the chiming. WAIT! HEAR I COME! BE RIGHT THERE!. PUttihng on a thin pair of shorts as i descended stairs which for me is tricky. But it's good to get practice. A big package on my front doorstep with the darn UPS truck nowhere to be seen. He ran the dog bell and RAN! Must have popped the clutch! As the package was not on fire i opened the door to grab it. And Not wearing glasses. It looked like software. NO WAY was it my Noctilux that's all i know for sure as i just ordered it last night from Glazers in Seatle and this was light as a feather. And this was only 12 hours later not 2 or 3 days! It said AGFA on the box. Must be software. I opened up the box with foam peanuts spilling all over my kitchen table mingeling with the kitty chow; I bet that killed lots of cats. Maybe it's a CD i thought: "What to do for a week while waiting for your Noctilux to arrive". Interactive! It was a white cube with a red dot on it! Heavier than the box it was packed in! An optical illusion done with gravity! It looks and feels perfect on my black TTL with Rapidwinder and RapidGrip and black thicker Domke strap. No a Noctilux is not a monster on an elegant M6! But I'd strongly advise people getting one to at least get the grip if not a winder as I can't imagine the balance without that, but someday soon will find out. Its a gloomy morning perfect for Noctilux i thought and 400 film. WRONG! It's F 1/0000th of a second and be there! I've got to stop way down to F2! Leica wants to send me 200 bucks back if i get this form in the mail in the next 24 hours! Mark Rabiner I'm going to have to have two bodies with me. One with Delta 100 in it and one with Neopan 1600 in it! Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/