Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> The M9 may not liv up to the needs of a few and will be passed > on...yea! Did not see a single M (with or without Visoflex at the > press area at the STS131 launch....Leicas are perfect for many, but > not all, photographic situations....) > On Apr 9, 2010, at 8:41 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >>> Not if they have actually used one!! >>> As an 800mm lens gives you a small part of your frame I'd not expect to see a lot of rangefinder cameras at a space launch. http://www.phototrek.org/Travel/STS-99/img0062.jpg http://www.phototrek.org/Travel/STS-93/exposure.html I stood next to a photographer shootin with one at the Easter Parade. I even have a shot of him. His M9 black taped. As mine would have been. Seven grand being seven grand. [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner