[Leica] Never be without a camera

[shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)]

that m9 photo is pretty darn good. it's at LEAST 1 stop better. And if 
you use a 21 lux, that would be another 2 1/2 stops... imagine the 
possibilities!

-rei


H&ECummer wrote:
> Hi Luggers,
> I was on my way to the barber shop today to get a haircut so I would 
> look my best for the LHSA meeting in Seattle starting tomorrow and I 
> had my trusty M8 with me with the Konica Dual 21mm - 35mm mounted. In 
> front of the Georgia Hotel I came upon a fire engine and a burning car:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Summer+2009+Canada/CarFire1w.jpg.html
>  
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yaj45av
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Summer+2009+Canada/Carfirehoodw.jpg.html
>  
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yaxqyse
>
> Here is the unlucky owner giving her details to the fire department. I 
> overheard that she just got the car back from servicing and was 
> planning to trade it in. Now she doesn't have to.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Summer+2009+Canada/Unluckyownerw.jpg.html
>  
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ybgu8sz
>
> On the way home after the haircut I stopped in at Leo's Camera on 
> Granville Street and popped an SD card in their demo M9, bolted on the 
> 21 - 35 Konica and shot some pictures at ISO 2500 - I wanted to see 
> the noise levels for myself. I noted there are now two settings for 
> fluorescent lights. I would judge the M9 is about one stop better in 
> noise performance than the M8 - it's not Nikon D700 country by any 
> stretch but it is quite a bit better than before.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Summer+2009+Canada/LeoM9ISO2500DualHex21w.jpg.html
>  
>
> http://tinyurl.com/y9fbsrl
>
> I guess I'm going to have to buy one. Fortunately I sold enough model 
> train stuff on Ebay over the summer to cover the purchase price.
> So now I only have to wait until the price stabilizes in Hong Kong, 
> and the bugs, if there are any, are worked out.
>
> See some of you in Seattle,
> Cheers
> Howard
>
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