Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My house was built in about 1850. The neighborhood was Irish. They couldn't even afford a carriage. The carriage houses and servants' quarters are about 5 blocks north of me. :-) Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Marc James Small Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 6:35 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] USAF Lens Resolution Chart At 06:53 PM 4/1/2007, Jeffery Smith wrote: >I once tried shooting some line drawings of anatomical figures (like they >had in medical books 150 years ago). The detail was just a bit TOO miniscule >for me. > >I wish I HAD a garage, but when my house was built, there were no >automobiles. You have just exploded one of the great myths of my life. I had always believed that the engineer behind the Benz Wunderauto of 1885 was your grandfather, cheated out of the pittance due him for his work by those Thuggish German Titans. Another rumor shot to hell. Damn, I kind of liked living in a world of Urban Myth. Damn the Internet! I suppose you will now claim that you were NOT the genius behind the naming of the Noctilux? Jeffery, you cannot be as mundane a sort as you claim! Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information