Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, the original version was ahead of its time, or rather, outdated technology before it is released :-) I don't have the new version, but apparently it's quite good and the price is ridiculously low consider the alternative of stacking shelves and shelves of the stuff (which we have since ~80s). On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Oh this is different to the original set that I knew about? It has more > than > a rudimentary search? The descriptions reads as though the photos are > higher > resolution now then? The original had a single non-editable lower > resolution > single jpg of each page, that is a scanned image of each page from memory. > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 17 February 2010 07:50, R. Clayton McKee <leica at rcmckee.com> wrote: > > > Quoth the Geoff Hopkinson : > > > > > thousands of them. Imagine what a resource it would be if re-done in > > > a modern way. > > > > You mean like this? > > > > http://shrunk.net/703656a4-shop.nationalgeographic.com > > > > -- > > R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com > > Photojournalist rcmckee at rcmckee.com > > P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 > > Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell number on request > > The only guidebooks worth reading begin with the phrase > > "When you get to the end of the paved road, continue..." > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // portfolio: <http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia > blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963