[Leica] Noctiluxless ( is it a fate worse than.....)

[locke at straylight.ca (Greg Locke)]

Well said Walt ... And the pictures prove it :^)

....I don't even like 50mm!

Greg Locke
St. John's, Newfoundland

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July 8 - 18, 2004
St. John's, Newfoundland 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Walt Johnson
> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 11:51 AM
> To: Lugmail
> Cc: Ron Lindsey
> Subject: [Leica] Noctiluxless ( is it a fate worse than.....)
> 
> Another dream, or is it a nightmare?
> 
> I awoke in the morning with sweat burning my eyes. Hair  
> plastered against my forehead and a churning in my gut. 
> Reaching alongside the bed I placed a hand in the small 
> canvas bag nearby and the dream became reality!
> 
> Oh God, it's true! I'm Noctiluxless! What will I do? Then my 
> fingers find the battered rim of a tried and true friend. 
> Summicron is still there. I'm not alone! It's sharper, 
> smaller, and much cheaper. It works for me, and I don't work for it.
> 
> Sure, it means 15 at  F2 instead of 60 at 1.0 but I can live 
> with that.Especially since the old friend Summi is F2 across 
> the board. Who wants to view the world as if you've got an 
> eye plastered to a toilet roll? Bright in the middle and dim 
> elsewhere.
> 
> Sometimes  there's a blur. Everything moves. Everything is in 
> a state of flux. The Universe is still expanding. But if I 
> keep in shape, lay off the evil weed, nicotine, and make my  
> Cuba Libre's sans rum? ( I know, that last one really hurts)
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Walts/vai
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Walts/ron
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Walts/beg
> 
> Walt J.
> 
> 
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