Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I really enjoy your stories, John. Karina > Having met Victor Wek for the first time last week at McBain's Leica > Day, I was eager to continue our discussions. Fortunately he politely > accepted an invitation to tea at my happy home perched above the North > Saskatchewan River. Actually, the truth be told, remarkably few houses > in Edmonton, happy or otherwise, are under it. > > We exchanged more Leica and Leica-User gossip from near and afar and did > our own version of Leica stacking; more like Leica sifting what with the > way things were scattered about. I am reasonably sure that more than a > few lens caps ended up in a close embrace with lenses they were not even > on speaking terms with that morning. > > He once again submitted my 35/1.4A to myriad of exposures, I think he is > weakening, and I got to try out an early E58 Noctilux. I am rather > surprised to be saying this but the Noctilux is actually quite a compact > lens. Well at least the E58 version is. I certainly have never felt the > same way about the new E60 version with the built in hood. I > unfortunately took a few exposures at f/1 and fully expect to be soon > selling my body on the streets to fund another must have lens. > > He introduced me to his Nikon FM2-T with a 65 Elmar and adapters mounted > on it and I showed him his first Visoflex. Why at one point a 135 Hektor > was brandished about with intent. One might say we plumbed the depths > indeed. > > We also partook in the ancient Lug ritual of Taking Each Other's > Picture. While he is one handsome devil, I would be afraid for your > children if my sorry excuse for a face ever came to light. It might even > stir up Congress to finally do something about the open moral turpitude > on the net. > > All this is to say that you should make efforts to meet your fellow > Leica-Users. They are by and large a charming bunch. > > John Collier > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html