Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, "Chocolate" is a great photograph on many levels... nice work! Will von Dauster On Nov 12, 2006, at 9:09 AM, <larry.k@rcn.com> <larry.k@rcn.com> wrote: > Hello, > Yesterday, after getting more frustrated about the M8 "purple" > problems, I > headed out into the streets of New York to take a few shots. I > haven't returned > the camera to the dealer, I am waiting for an announcement from > Leica on how > they're going to address all of the issues with the camera. > > Anyway, on my way back home I stopped at the Bryant Park skating > rink to > take a fews shots with the new camera. I noticed someone standing > next to me > with a Bessa and asked the guy if it was a rangefinder. His > response was that it > was a rangefinder without the rangefinder mechanism! > > So, this was how I met Mark Rabiner, one of the members of the > LUG. I don't > know why I haven't joined this list earlier, perhaps because I > owned the R-D1 for > the last couple of years, and well, it isn't a Leica! I follow > www.rangefinderforum.com and http://www.leica-camera-user.com/digital- > forum/ > > What are the odds of running into another rangefinder user on the > island of > Manhattan? It was a pleasure to meet Mark and I hope we have a > chance to go > out shooting in the future. I think I could learn a lot from him. > > Here are just a few shots: > > http://tinyurl.com/ymqota > > You can find other M8 shots at the top of the pages. I was amazed > with the > results from Central Park. > > Mark said his portrait was kind of "demonic" looking...something > out of "The > Shining" perhaps? ;-) > > All of these shots were taken with the 50mm Lux. I'm not > consistently nailing > focus with it. I ordered one of the 1.25x magnifiers but can't use > it because it is > missing the little rubber ring and I don't want to scratch my > glasses! My Leica > dealer didn't have the rubber ring so I have to wait for it... > > Regards, > > Larry > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information