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Subject: [Leica] Final Three from Moffett Cup
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Sat Sep 15 11:27:13 2007
References: <488D4D97-F220-4DF9-9F5B-F53B6A7AB018@comcast.net> <6af76ca00709150124q4e30cda7m68095fc0c1c855ea@mail.gmail.com> <03E52A37-917A-4ED0-9920-FEBA710BAB9B@comcast.net> <33C144F2-9737-4037-A4B9-F2E509319533@pandora.be>

Ah yes.  North is everywhere, I think.  I don't know where she  
finished but suspect it was not well due to the heavy handicap put on  
really competitive boats in this race.

Regards,

Dick



On Sep 15, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Philippe Orlent wrote:

> Nice surf and balance. And North Sails ofcourse.
> Looks like a competitive hull, too.
>
> Thanks for showing,
> Philippe
>
>
> Op 15-sep-07, om 16:37 heeft Richard Taylor het volgende geschreven:
>
>> Well, part Pentaxian, part Nikonian, I suppose.  Since digital has  
>> taken over, my M7, M3 and a half dozen Leitz lenses are sleeping  
>> quietly in their bag.   I'll take the M7 and a couple of lenses  
>> out of storage for the upcoming LHSA and Rockport meetings and no  
>> doubt be tempted by the M8 yet again, but the $5K price is a  
>> hurdle I doubt I'm going to leap any time in the near future -  
>> much as I would like to have a digital body for my M lenses.
>>
>> In any case, all these shots used a long tele, 300 mm in 35 mm  
>> terms, and aren't in Leica M territory.
>>
>> Besides, as Mark and maybe others have discovered, the D40X and a  
>> 28 mm Nikkor make a really nice, small, lightweight, general  
>> purpose, capable, carry (almost) everywhere camera.
>>
>> My GRD is also sleeping soundly in a drawer.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 15, 2007, at 4:24 AM, Christopher Birchenhall wrote:
>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>> All three are good, thanks for showing. More of a Nikonian now?
>>>
>>> Chris B
>>>
>>> On 14/09/2007, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> Before I move on to other things, here are three more from the
>>>> Moffett Cup race I thought you might enjoy.  The new ones are the
>>>> last three on the page.
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/SAILING/ 
>>>> MOFFETT_2007/
>>>>
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/26dsve
>>>>
>>>> DSC_0034 - Malabar II again, with a bone in her teeth as sailors  
>>>> like
>>>> to say.
>>>>
>>>> DSC_0056 - Swallows and Amazons working her way downwind in the  
>>>> chop.
>>>>
>>>> DSC_0075 - Two sloops chugging down wind in the big chop.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Dick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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