Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Nice to know about your meeting, I hope have new opportunities. > > Saludos desde Barcelona > Luis > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de > Jeff WilliamsNZ_free > Enviado el: jueves, 10 de agosto de 2006 12:42 > Para: lug@leica-users.org > CC: F?lix L?pez de Maturana > Asunto: [Leica] Spanish-French LUG chapter reunion in Donostia/San > Sebastian > > I was delighted to finally meet Felix Lopez de Maturana in person in his > home town of San Sebastian last week whilst on holiday in the south west of > France. > > Felix is known to many of you and has an impressive collection of Leicas, > Nikons and other cameras. He was easy to spot outside the theatre Kuursaal, > immaculately dressed with Leica M7 and 28mm f2 summicron. > > > > We had a very nice stroll around the old town of San Sebastian before Felix > invited us to have lunch with him in one of his favourite restaurants. > There > of course we discussed cameras and our various friends on the LUG. Next > time perhaps we can arrange for Luis and Nathan to join us. Maybe Steve > could drop off from London as well! > > > > I showed Felix my little ?O? series replica which has always been a > favourite Leica of mine. However closer inspection of Felix?s M7/28mm combo > had me wondering why on earth I had ever bought it. Seems a veritable > antique alongside the M7! > > > > You can see a couple of shots of Felix and I on the link below. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album369 > > > > I hope I have the opportunity to catch up with Felix again as I may be > moving to Bordeaux, which is a lot closer to San Sebastian than Orleans! > > A wonderful afternoon and great to meet a LUG member in person! > > > > Kind regards > > > > Jeff le kiwi > > Thanks indeed Luis! Jeff is a fantastic guy and his parents are truly wonderful! The Leica "0" is a nice camera. I'm sure that, however I strongly depend of my wife's health, we'll be able to arrange a meeting including other luggers as Natham, and Steve if possible and it could be in Barcelona or in Donostia. Kind regards. Felix