Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, We will have ten or so LUGGERs in Koln in about three days fondling the M8 at the Leica booth. Hopefully some of us will have computer access so that we can torment the rest of the LUG. :) My bet is on Nathan, or Douglas, or Didier as they can easily bring their laptop and can sip some Kaffe while they tempt the rest of you from just outside the convention hall. :) Don don.dory@gmail.com On 9/26/06, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: > > Sorry, at 4:23AM (see time stamp?), my mind starts to wander. Just pulling > yer collective legs ala Kyle. It's just a shot with the Epson R-D1 with > the > pedestrian but sharp as heck current Summicron. > > I almost did tempt to get a Nikon new black S3, the whole thing with the > new 50/1.4 lens is cheaper than a Leica 50/1.4 ASPH lens... only if I have > the $$$ :-) > > We not return to the scheduled collective drooling until the first LUGger > gets the M8 so we can start really salivating. > > At 04:23 AM 9/26/2006, Richard wrote: > > >So I got tired of all these talks about the barely functional M8 and > >picked up a real camera, a Nikon D200 with the legendary 50/1.4 AIS lens. > >With a 1.5 crop factor, it makes a nice portrait lens: > >http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/_EPS1973.jpg You can see the > >classic signature of the lens quite clearly. > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >