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Subject: [Leica] Couple of E-330 shots -- Naming the Leicapus
From: bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)
Date: Thu Mar 9 10:26:21 2006
References: <C035DAE2.D9BC%bdcolen@comcast.net>

Quite correct, B.D.

B.

On 9-mrt-2006, at 19:15, B. D. Colen wrote:

> Olyka - pronounced Oh Like ah.
> I know folks here are leicacentric, but it's an Olympus camera, so the
> camera company name has to come first....;-)
>
>
>
>
> On 3/9/06 1:04 PM, "leicaluvr@comcast.net" <leicaluvr@comcast.net>  
> wrote:
>
>> Come on Luggers, let's show a little more creativity here --  
>> Leicapus?
>> O-Leica?  (remember the O-product)?  Leimpus?  Oleimpus?
>>
>> Tom Schofield
>>
>>
>>
>>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de>
>>>  Looks really mean with Leica glass on it. Is the body really so  
>>> tiny?
>>> Leic-anthro-pus? (Leica-human-olympus -  sounds like a good  
>>> combination
>>> - spelled slightly differently it's a werewolf :-) )
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>> Gary Todoroff wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bruce - Shorter is usually better, true. But something poetic in
>>>> "O-Lymp-a-Leic" kept bouncing around. Reminds me of some old  
>>>> 60's song, "In
>>>> the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight." Then  
>>>> the chorus is
>>>> o-wik-a-wac or something like that. Or at least something like
>>>> O-Lymp-a-Leic.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Wim-o-way - IMMSMW
>>>
>>>> Thanks for leic-o-pine-ing!
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: lug-bounces+datamaster=northcoastphotos.com@leica-users.org
>>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+datamaster=northcoastphotos.com@leica- 
>>>> users.org]On
>>>> Behalf Of bruce
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:06 AM
>>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Couple of E-330 shots
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gray, like others, I guess, I have been thinking about the name  
>>>> since
>>>> you posted .................. and can only come-up with a shortened
>>>> version version, with a more playful name ................
>>>> OLYLEIC ................... OLYCON .....................
>>>> OLYNIK ................Pronounce it.
>>>>
>>>> B.
>>>>
>>>> On 9-mrt-2006, at 9:33, Gary Todoroff wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Great demo shot of Mr. Le, Neal! Any other camera and you would
>>>>> have been
>>>>> dusting yourself off after the shot and rubbing your knees,
>>>>> depending on
>>>>> your age. Isn't that live mode flip screen great? Just set the
>>>>> E-330 on the
>>>>> floor and look down like a TLR. And what a perspective from that
>>>>> 7-14mm,
>>>>> too.
>>>>>
>>>>> HCB would have made this camera positively DANCE down the street!
>>>>> At LHSA in
>>>>> San Francisco when I tried to describe this kind of camera/photo
>>>>> creativity
>>>>> to a Leica Rep, his only reply was, "That is not an M!"
>>>>>
>>>>> Good grief! Fortunately Mr Leitz did not say to Mr Barnack, "Das
>>>>> ist nicht a
>>>>> Press Kamera!"
>>>>>
>>>>> Just added a few more photos to my OlympuLeic Blog at
>>>>> http://www.northcoastphotos.com/OlympuLeic.htm - nothing taken  
>>>>> WITH
>>>>> the new
>>>>> E-330 yet, but some interesting ones OF it with the Leica adapter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary Todoroff
>>>>> Tree LUGger
>>>>>
>>>>> <<
>>>>> Seems as if the new Olympus E-330 is getting popular with the LUG
>>>>> group, I
>>>>> just picked up mine today.
>>>>> Here are a couple of shots taken in the Camera shop;
>>>>>
>>>>> The owner Mr. Le,
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.photoneal.com/photos/photos_05/tn/phat2a.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>> And salesman Rob,
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.photoneal.com/photos/photos_05/tn/P1010004a.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm also a part time salesman but today I was a customer.
>>>>> The lens for both shots was the 7-14mm f4  both were shot at  
>>>>> ISO 800.
>>>>>
>>>>> Neal F
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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