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Subject: [Leica] Leicas and National Geographic
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:22:25 -0800
References: <mailman.1463.1266339389.73134.lug@leica-users.org> <C7A0E837.81BF%manolito@videotron.ca> <36172e5a1002161315x2b3ef7b7w5d6716a0725c59b3@mail.gmail.com> <4B7ABEC2.8326.4CAA09@leica.rcmckee.com> <36172e5a1002161515q1396e336x9d1f2fc2185551f2@mail.gmail.com>

Yes, the original version was ahead of its time, or rather, outdated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..."
> >
> >
> >
>
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In reply to: Message from manolito at videotron.ca (EPL) ([Leica] Leicas and National Geographic)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Leicas and National Geographic)
Message from leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee) ([Leica] Leicas and National Geographic)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Leicas and National Geographic)