Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A windmill I wish. No it's a new design and for reasons which are totally beyond me , since it was designed using 10 sugarcubes as a model, it is listed in some european architects book as one of the 20 house one has to see in Amsterdam. It's uter nonsense a 10 year old designs houses the same way. But it provides us with a constant stream of in lookers some even stroll inside 'when we are not looking Oddly enough the majority are from scandinavian countries and they especially the Finns can be extremely rude.Last week there were these two brasilian girls.I have to admit I gave them the grand tour. btw the Telyts handle without any problem on the canon I just have to remeber to up the ISO otherwise my ineptitude with the thing shows. best,simon On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello Simon, > > Now my curiosity is up. Your tourist story is quite interesting and funny > at the same time. You must have a very interesting house for it to be a > tourist attraction. Do you live in a castle? Or maybe a windmill. ;-) > > And yes the 560 Telyt is a curiosity all by itself. It can even bring fear > to the hearts of the uninformed. I get questioned about mine all the time. > > Best Regards, > Len > > > > On May 24, 2008, at 8:29 AM, simon jessurun wrote: > > Since we moved house last November we suffer from busloads of >> architecturial >> tourists who gape through our windows and snap away while we enjoy >> breakfast >> or whatever. >> Finaly have found a way to repel them.The 560 Telyt. >> It's quite funny to see them shy away from taking pictures when they spot >> the canon in their viewfinders. >> Some go to extreme distances to take snaps anyway.So far away that the >> telyt >> cannot resolve them anymore. >> The enlargements show the Lumix with a Leica lens to be quite popular. >> Anyway here is the folder. >> Best simon jessurun,amsterdam. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/animal/telyt_001/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >