Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's those northern climes. When Daniel and family visit us for an Australian summer we'll see what our lack of ozone layer can do for Rebecca's complexion. Cheers Hoppy just finished cleaning the pool. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Philippe Orlent Sent: Wednesday, 7 November 2007 08:09 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: PAW 44 dlridings The Yawn and Morning Coffee. But she's getting very pale... Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 5-nov-07, om 09:56 heeft Daniel Ridings het volgende geschreven: > I'm leaving for Malawi in a couple of weeks and wanted to see how the > camera I'm taking handles strong contrasts. It is dark and dreary here > (not really, we still have some nice autumn light, but we're getting > there) and it is high summer in Malawi. Pure coincidence that my > research trips to southern African tend to fall in the nordic > November-January period. Purre coincidence. > > I picked up a Nikon D80 body for the trip. I like the size. A little > bigger than the D40x, but you get more for your money too. > > Matrix metering > > http://www.dlridings.se/paw/2007/44.html > > But there were walks through Odense and Copenhagen with a Bessa T with > a color-skopar 35/2.5 (found one in a store for about half the price > of the lens alone). > > http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v44/07v44-0001.jpg.html > http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v44/07v44-0002.jpg.html > http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v44/07v44-0003.jpg.html > http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v44/07v44-0004.jpg.html > http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v44/07v44-0005.jpg.html > > Then there was the Zorki 1b that came in the mail. Let's not talk too > much about that. I was bored one evening, browsed around eBay and put > in a minimum bid on one. Not a whole lot different from an old Leica. > The frame spacing is nice and even with cutting points between > sprocket holes instead of in the middle of them (like most FSU > cameras). The shutter opens and closes and the rangefinder works. > > Ewa, 1/20 @ 3.5, Industar-22 (Elmar/Tessar kind of lens) > > http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v44/07v44-0006.jpg.html > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information