Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]firstly, lemme point yas to some photos, i didn't take many: http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/2002-06-22-nylug/ It was so good to see so many faces, and to hear so many success stories, like Gilbert's (aspiring Leica wannabe two years ago, today: professional photographer with two M7's blasting away), and to know that our little community has actually changed people's lives. I know it's changed mine. Linda and Liz and I rode up with Jim Shulman who, upon hearing that formal dress would be required, appropriated a diamond tierra belonging to linda, festooned with a LUG button we headed off. Liz, admiring the glitzy tiera, handed over a pair of stunning azure earrings which offset his gilt look in exactly the way a cake offsets a road accident. trip up without incident, made it to the ICP. at the bottom of the stairs i recognized Brian Reid who recognized me as well. I must say, it was just a great feeling to see him standing there: the guy who's had such a dramatic impact on most of our lives these last few years. Light lunch beforehand -- linda and i picked through the sandwitches and couldn't find anything vegetarian so we limited ourselves to the plates of hot peppers and pickles (though i did have a small amount of the potatoe salad -- what was in it?!) (note for next time: more diet soda! luggers seem to think that will make an impact in our waistlines!) Leica had some goodies set up, i got to play with an M7 (drool! drool! drool! -- the electronics seemed to survive the drooling. shutter seems quieter than the m6, LOVE the way you just set it on A and the aperture pops up in the viewfinder. as b.d. said a while back: welcome to the 20th century!) got to play with a digilux, which i wasn't really impressed with - -- looks like it was designed by russians. sort of like a kleenex box with a tiny speed-graphic like lens shade on the back). brian reid went first, swank little titanium powerbook (drool drool) -- gave a _fascinating_ and _WITTY_ lecture for an hour on creating virtual communities, i nearly fell off my seat laughing a bunch of times. he's so sardonic and extemporanious and well spoken. geez. some guys have all the luck. i went next, after sal said nice things about linda. a brief intermission and jim lager showed an amazing collection of very rare leica cameras, strange and important serial numbers, weird color schemes, rare cameras made for the military, lenses that exist in numbers you can count on two fingers... his capacity for detail and his genuine genuine love for leica cameras is what creates and maintains the mystique which we all enjoy reading about. unfortunately he didn't have copies of his books there, but he did bring a really encyclopediac knowledge of gear. it's no wonder that a collection of fameous luggers conspired to create for him a truely unique Lager Leica. we all left -- brian had vanished by that time, which only added to his mystique. colin voze went out to dinner with jim, linda, liz and i. that was about it. keep pushing that shutter button, it'll come unstuck, kc - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html