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Subject: [Leica] melting time?
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Fri Apr 14 14:54:09 2006

Look up the word "verboten". It is perhaps far more sensitive an issue in
the United States, a country of people from many different nationalities.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Philippe
Orlent
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 3:40 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] melting time?


Jeffrey, with all due respect, plz look up the word "boutade". Everything
that is following that phrase is proof of the contrary. Kind regards,
Philippe



Op 14-apr-06, om 21:11 heeft Jeffery Smith het volgende geschreven:

> Let me apologize in advance to Karen and Rei.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Philippe
> Orlent
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 2:07 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] melting time?
>
>
> You're right, Barney. Focus is not perfect indeed.
>
> It was just all auto setting at 400ASA in JPEG.
> I still have to discover all the described quirkinesses of the Sony
> DSC-R1 by myself.
>
> Sony? Did I say Sony? Those Japs with Zeiss glass?
> Well yes, after comparing a lot of stuff and knowing my shooting
> style I melted for its 10,2 MP sensor and 24-120 2.8/4.8 (35mm
> equiv.) Zeiss lens.
> I know it has a small and strange placed LCD, has a stiffer zoom ring
> than my just sold Digilux 2, big RAWs, slow writing times and doesn't
> perform as well from 1600 ASA on, but for that money, there is just
> no (digital) equivalent.
> Even if AF at macro setting focuses on the lips instead of the eyes
> (I go manual 90% of the time).
>
> Since I was granted a Canon budget by the boss of my very own
> company, I treated myself to an 8 MP Ricoh GR-D with external VF and
> wide(r) conversion lens to have a lill' something pocketable, too.
> And I ofcourse needed an upgrade to CS2 since CS doesn't read the
> camera's RAWs and a 500 Gb external HD for all the images I'm going
> to shoot.
>
> I guess the M4-2, tri-X and old style developers will be only for
> those very special moments from now on...
> Anybody I can please with a small Paterson?
>
> ;-)
>
> Thanks everybody for looking,
> Philippe
>
>
> Op 14-apr-06, om 19:56 heeft Barney Quinn het volgende geschreven:
>
>>
>>
>> What a nice shot, and what a nice face. A comment, which is just my
>> opinion. On my monitor it looks as if you focused on her lips. They
>> seem
>> to be razor sharp. I would like to see what this image looks like
>> focused on her eyes.
>>
>> Are you going to say what this new toy is? Or are you going to  
>> keep us
>> in suspense until we drag it out of you.! :-)
>>
>> Barney
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>>
>>> Just received a new photographic toy. Had to test it ofcourse on an
>>> easy subject:
>>>
>>> http://www.fullflavor.be/DSC00013.jpg
>>>
>>> Looking forward to this weekend :-)
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking and evt. commenting.
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Barney Quinn, Jr.
>> (301) 688-1982 (O)
>> (240) 535-3036 (C)
>> (877) 220-0981 (P)
>>
>>
>>
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