Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, you ought to know what a Leica S2-P is if you are commenting on medium format digital on a Leica list (or at least work it out from the context)! Or not be so?pedantic when you like to include lighthearted or quirky remarks yourself. Sheesh! Never mind, I don't know what a prince point is..... Royal person's sword? Ballet posture? location where flamboyant pop star once lived? Website for William and Harry also featuring the Duchess of Cornwall? prince raison d'?tre? Prinz punkt? Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman NO ARCHIVE On 14 October 2010 10:12, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > I'd never head of a Leica S2P that's not an acronym its a model number. > > Comedy is hard. > The medium format digital class of cameras are set at prince points which > make impossible the degree of mass conspicuous blissful consumer ignorance > which goes on with the buying and selling and trading aback and forth ?and > chatting about consumer DSLR's. > Its not a "had one sold it" kind of thing. > It involves financing. It involves a learning curve normally involving the > use of tethered technique. Not a thing you go "click" to start a bid on > ebay > on. > A huge commitment to image making. > > Its hard to do comedy when one is not fully aware of the germ of the issue. > You don't often see comedy in which the perpetrator is not fully aware of > what the joke is all about. When that happens the jokes on him. > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > mark at rabinergroup.com > > > > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:54:07 +1000 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Buying a medium format camera > > > > "They have a cool Red Dot and I'll take one of every lens too" > > Can't fault the bear's thinking. Thanks for the link, Joseph. > > > > C'mon Mark, surely Leica product numbers should be on your list of > > recognised and permissable acronyms! > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > NO ARCHIVE > > > > > > On 14 October 2010 09:42, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > >> I know what the p stands for now > >> > >> " LEICA S2-P has the same specifications as std. display, but contains > >> in > >> addition a Saphire display also a Platinum Service. > >> ?"?? > >> > >> -------------------- > >> Mark William Rabiner > >> Photography > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > >> mark at rabinergroup.com > >> > >> > >>> From: Joseph Yao <joseph at yao.com> > >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:51:20 +0800 > >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Subject: [Leica] Buying a medium format camera > >>> > >>> On my way to pick up my S2P and lenses, I stumbled on the following: > >>> > >>> http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7318135/ > >>> > >>> Joseph > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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