Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why discuss it off-list ? Compared with threads like Starbucks, Socialism, Communism etc etc etc, quite frankly seeing actual Leica related posting is a breath of fresh air. - --- Gary Elshaw <godard@hotmail.com> wrote: > I was just wondering about people's experiences > using the different TTL > models and their Visoflexes. Maybe this would be > better off-list, for some > reason, some people think the Viso is a dirty word > and has very little to do > with contemporary Leica use. Has anyone had any > aggravations, major > problems, weird inconsistencies or the like? Do you > have a preferred > Visoflex in the II or III? How does the 0.85 TTL > rate? Anyone out there > trying to use a Viso with a CL? Anyone trying to do > macro work with the ASPH > lenses? > > Half the reason I ask is that although the evolution > of the Viso has > stopped, the M just keeps on evolving, but we're > still managing to use the > Viso, which I think is pretty cool. > > Sometimes I think we need a Viso list, I might take > a trip over to Topica > and see what it takes if there is enough interest. I > imagine any level of > interest would mean a low traffic flow anyway :-) > > All the best, > Gary > > > > > > > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > There are, of course, those who would argue that > it's unhealthy to read a > children's author past the age of, say, 24. Big > people are supposed to > reserve their enthusiasm for real estate, business > plans and zero-sum games > played by linguistically-impoverished men with hairy > knuckles. This, in my > view, is real nonsense. A world in which it's uncool > for grownups to care > passionately about books -- children's books, any > books -- would be > infinitely scarier than a world with telepathic > avocados or real estate > agents from outer space. > > ---Paul LaFarge on children's author Daniel > Pinkwater > > OO > [_]<| > /|\ > Gary Elshaw > Film and Media Studies Tutor > Victoria University > New Zealand > http://elshaw.tripod.com/ > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Got something to say? Say it better with Yahoo! Video Mail http://mail.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html