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Subject: Re: [Leica] London photo scene
From: "Olivier T. Nguyen" <onguyen@optonline.net>
Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 21:18:26 -0400
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Nathan,
I want to have a job like you
:)
travel around and take picture always my fancinated dream
Olivier
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From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 7:38 PM
Subject: [Leica] London photo scene


> My current "job" brings me to London on a fortnightly basis (see, I am
> even beginning to talk like the Brits...), and although it is for
> business, I always make sure there is a photo angle to it. I just
> returned from such a  two-day trip. This time I picked up my M7 from RG
> Lewis on Southhampton Row, and with the VAT refund I saved 900 CHF
> compared to buying it here in Switzerland. The camera is wonderful, I
> immediately shot a roll of Provia and had it processed, and everything
> works fine. The only thing is the stupid battery cover, I managed to
> dislodge it after the 3rd frame. I hope that one of our creative
> tinkerers here will come up with a solution. In the meantime, perhaps
> the solution is--dare I say it?--black tape... But overall, this is a
> great Leica. It is so libarating to shoot street photos with the
> aperture priority mode. The shutter release is wonderfully smooth but
> not too smooth--I can use the exposure lock without any problems even
> though I immediately mounted Tom's Soft Release on the camera (as well
> as hid Rapidgrip, which fits perfectly).
> 
> London has an incredibly vibrant photography scene, and so I have made
> it a habit to go the airport newsstand immediately upon landing and buy
> the latest issue of AP, flip to the last page and check in the "What's
> On" section for interesting exhibits. I am rarely disappointed. This
> morning I saw one in the crypt of the St.Martin's-In-The-Fields church,
> landscape photography accompanied by poems. Not great, but OK. However,
> on the way from there to Picadilly I saw a poster advertising an
> exhibition at Canada House on Trafalgar Square, and that one is a gem!
> It is an exhibit called "The Mennonites" by Larry Towell, who visited a
> group of Canadian Mennonites in Mexico and later in Ontario, earned
> their trust, and produced a wonderful document of their life. I have no
> idea what equipment he uses, but this is great stuff. The exhibition is
> free, and it runs until May 31. A must for anyone visiting London during
> this month.
> 
> Nathan
> 
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> Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland
> 
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> 
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> 
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