Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/18

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Subject: [Leica] City Lights
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Tue Oct 18 05:53:17 2005

Thanks, Ted.
I love to work with the Digilux 2, but it has its defaults.


> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 05:48:46 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] City Lights
> 
> Philippe Orlent said:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] City Lights
> 
> 
>> I wish I could do this stuff with my Digilux 2.<<<<
> 
> Hi Philippe,
> 
> Question?
> Have you tried to shoot this type of scene over water with your Digilux 2?
> A wish is just that, a wish without taking action....
> 
> Here's what you do. ;-)
> Find city, town, whatever with bright skyline of lights shining over water.
> 
> Place camera on tripod, ground, dockside, pilings, whatever works. Compose
> picture with camera set on auto everything, squeeze down gently on shutter
> release, stand back and wait for exposure to terminate.
> 
> And you'll have a picture like Robert's. No you wont have a DMR type
> quality, but you will have a quality to produce a 13X19 print to matt, 
> frame
> and hang.
> 
> How do I know?  Been there done it right here in Victoria Inner harbour and
> I know of two 13X19 prints hanging! ;-)
> 
> Hey,I'm not kidding.;-)
> 
> Don't just wish, go do it and you'll be pleasantly surprised.:-) The 
> Digilux
> 2 isn't as bad as many think or make it out to be.
> 
> ted
> 
> 
> 
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