Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Everyone! I wish all a very pleasant and peaceful holiday season, wherever you are and whatever you celebrate. After having been a digest subscriber and rather occasional subscriber for the past several years, I have decided to join the fray and become a regular subscriber for 2004. So that regular contributors may get to know me, I am a retired business model and market development strategist specialized in high technology, mostly mobile computing and wireless communications. I have been a Leica owner and user continuously since 1956, when I received a slightly used M3 and collapsible 50mm Summicron as a graduation gift from a doting uncle. Most of my photography tends to be about the often-tenuous boundary between nature’s beauty and man’s invention. I have a reputation as a “constant carrier” – meaning that I can always be seen toting and using a camera in all sorts of situations. Although I do own several digital cameras, for the present I seem to prefer capturing most kinds of images on film, scanning them through a Coolscan 4000 into my Macintosh, cleaning things up in Photoshop and outputting to an Epson 2200. Films I use most are Tri-X and T400CN in my M-Series cameras, and E100VS and FujiPress 800 in my R-Series. Occasionally, I will use Scala for a particular opportunity. I am disappointed to date with my 2200 B/W output and plan to work this problem seriously in 2004, either by diving into Piezography or perhaps scquiring one of the purpose-built HP 7960 inkjets. My goal in becoming a regular LUGger in 2004 is to participate in online discussions in which I believe I may have something of value to offer and to begin sharing my photographic output with you, seeking your advice, commentary and guidance in becoming a better, more accomplished photographer and printer. Thanks to all of you from whom I have learned so much, especially Messrs. Barbour, Colen, Firkin, Grant, Rabiner, Ridings and Shulman. I hope to be able to return the favor in some small measure over time. With warm regards, Len Leonard J Kapner E-Mail: ljkapner@cox.net Tel: (310) 377-5060 / Mobile: (310) 291-0140 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html