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Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 vs M3 "lag time" -- How can we find out somerealnumbers?
From: "Jon" <jon.stanton@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 20:55:03 -0700
References: <BB5708DB.2B4E9%mlquinn.mail@earthlink.net>

You forgot to mention beer made with Bavarian hops
Alcohol content at least 12%

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Quinn" <mlquinn.mail@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 19:34
Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 vs M3 "lag time" -- How can we find out
somerealnumbers?


> Well said, Ted!
> And we need some strict ground rules.
>
> 1. Beer must be consumed before the contest starts.
> 2. Each party must pick up all his contacts at the same time and carry
them
> somewhere where the light is good.
> 3. Whoever finds a frame that suffers from shutter lag (i.e. the absence
of
> a bird or a portrait with it's eyes closed) first wins.
> 4. Anyone who gets a hernia from lifting the contacts wins whether or not
he
> can see well enough to find the magnifier.
> 5. Once both magnifiers are found, we can use them to figure out whether
the
> beer bottles have screw-on caps and then argue about whether a real beer
> drinker really needs to know about that sort of technical stuff.
>
> Best regards as always,
>
> Mike Quinn
>
> Ted Grant wrote:
>
> > David M. dorn suggested:
> >> Regarding Mike and Ted's debate, standoff or showdown (or whatever you
> >> want to call it):
> >> May I suggest a at duel using, say,  their respective last 20 year's
> >> worth of contact sheets.
> >> Seconds to provide mutually approved magnifiers.
> >> Uncle Dick to be the referee!  Location to be the OK corral.<<<
> >
> > Hey David,
> > Great idea but on one proviso we, Mike and I, want to know who's
bringing
> > the beer?:-)
> >
> > ted
>
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Replies: Reply from Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> (Re: [Leica] M7 vs M3 "lag time" -- How can we find out somerealnumbers?)
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