Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/09

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Subject: [Leica] Thanks, a complaint about Leica Ms, and PAW # 40...
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sun Oct 9 13:43:45 2005

Slung and Bush lies for me. So your horizontals ain't bad either ;-)

Thanks for showing,
Philippe


> From: Aaron Sandler <aaron.sandler@duke.edu>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 15:55:38 -0400
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Thanks, a complaint about Leica Ms, and PAW # 40...
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'd like to extend my thanks to everyone who replied to my "Which one" post
> with the two photos of the father&son.  The votes seemed about evenly
> split, probably reflecting what a number pointed out: each had something
> going for it, but neither had everything/enough.
> 
> Several folks, starting I believe with Slobodon, suggested it should have
> been a vertical shot...I think they're right.  This also reminds me of a
> comment Phong made to me about a year ago that I should shoot more
> verticals.  I don't think I was this "horizontal-centric" when I was
> shooting with my F3...I must say that for all I love my Leicas, I find them
> significantly less ergonomic to shoot with vertically than
> horizontally...for some reason I seem to have a harder time aligning RF
> images when holding the camera vertically.  Plus, the focus tab on my
> 35cron, which lines up so nicely with my forefinger when horizontal,
> doesn't seem as useful vertically.  Oh well.
> 
> That having been said, I note with some chagrin that 3 of the 4 photos I'm
> posting this week are verticals.  So maybe there's still hope.  :)
> 
> Here's the PAW four-pack...pretty self-explanatory...M6TTL with 21/4
> voigtlander, 35/2 cron, and 50/2 collapsible summitar:
> http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2005_40/index.html
> 
> Best,
> Aaron
> 
> 
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