Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/14

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Subject: [Leica] melting time?
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Fri Apr 14 15:09:23 2006
References: <000401c6600d$f1198260$656c0e44@newukolbqveo9i> <9342925A-D025-4955-903A-4FDD17BD0E3C@pandora.be>

I hope you have some sense of witz, by the way.



Op 15-apr-06, om 00:02 heeft Philippe Orlent het volgende geschreven:

> Sorry, but 'verboten' has a kind of strange ring for most people  
> living in Europe still thinking about a period of more than 60  
> years ago.
>
>
> Op 14-apr-06, om 23:53 heeft Jeffery Smith het volgende geschreven:
>
>> 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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