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Subject: [Leica] Couple of E-330 shots -- Naming the Leicapus
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Thu Mar 9 10:59:15 2006
References: <030920061804.5248.44106E3E00066F7E0000148022070216330B040A070001080C9C0B9B@comcast.net>

Lympa



Op 9-mrt-06, om 19:04 heeft leicaluvr@comcast.net het volgende  
geschreven:

> 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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