Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful picture, great quality! Saludos cordiales Luis -----Mensaje original----- De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de Kyle Cassidy Enviado el: s?bado, 14 de julio de 2007 20:10 Para: lug@leica-users.org Asunto: [Leica] hasselblad photoz!! and a question for LONDON LUGgers So I'm walking through the hood on friday and I run into Omar, our best dressed homeless person. "Hey!" he says, "take my picture!" because that's what he always says when he sees me. "I don't have a camera," I tell him, and he seems a little disapointed. But I remember I have the Hasselbad in my backpack (snapping my spine) so I plop down on a chair outside the coffee shop and try and figure out how to get film in it (not so bad). Omar is a little dejected. "I'm happy," he says, "but I'm tired, worn out." All the liquor stores and bars in the area have stopped serving him. He's charming when he's sober but turns into a mean drunk. I think I've taken about nine photos when I realize that I have one white dot and one blue dot and one purple dot on the side of the camera, and i realize that's probably not good -- there's no number in the frame window. Then I realize that you might need to turn the OTHER crank on the back of the camera. so I do. the film winds, a number shows up, I take a photo of omar: http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2007/hassey-omar3.jpg it cost freaking EIGHT DOLLARS so have this roll of film developed. i "scanned" it by photographing it with my leica d200 (that's my thumb at the top left). QUESTION FOR LONDON LUGGERS The wonderful archaeologist who lives upstairs from me is in Syria digging up dead people right now. When he's done he's going to the British Museum for a couple weeks or possibly a month doing research on his book (about dead people who are in the British Museum it would seem) and is looking for a place to stay -- sublet apartment, academic housing, or a room in someone's house. He's quiet and self sufficient and knows his way around london very well. Might be late July and August -- it depends on how many dead people they find in Syria I guess. If you know of anything, please email me off list. Many thanks. You can read his exciting blog about syria here: http://whafford.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information