Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well I have just got back from B&H on the subway with the camera and am heading out to read the manual in a coffee shop, Barnes and Noble on 82nd and Bway. Its very fast and big and bright. Feeling enabled to the max. If I was wearing a Jet Jackson rocket belt I'd not be feeling more enabled. Full moon at 8:36 PM that's about 6 hours from now. This on no sleep. TGIF FM My 24 to 85 G lens seems to be all I'd need 99.9 of the time. -------------------- Mark D700 Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Mark William Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:52:43 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 > > I did a search for Japanese elves and first got bad news (they don't have > any) but then found this: > " Vintage Pixies-Elves Shelf-Sitters Figurines Japan (including 1 bearing > ?Nippon Yoko Boeki Co.? Mark" > http://www.goantiques.com/scripts/images,id,1582929.html > Elves from Japan. I think they helped put the super multi coating on the > Nikon lenses and were responsible for some of the components in some of the > older Nikon bodies. Not sure if they can do digital. > > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > mark at rabinergroup.com > > > >> From: Kyle Cassidy <leicaslacker at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:42:46 -0400 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 >> >> The Leica d700 I think is really the digital equivalent of the f100 >> (albeit >> you can shoot 2,000 photos before you have to reload instead of 36). It's >> fast >> and the metering is very accurate and it talks well with the flash. It's a >> pretty marvelous thing. I do love mine. I have the external battery pack >> on >> mine which imho improves the balance with big lenses as well as letting >> you >> go >> on a week + long photo excursion without having to worry about recharging. >> >> Thank you elves of solms! >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 20, 2010, at 12:33 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> This lug thing is really very weird like a mini Facebook!!!. Peter and >>> Harold both guys who I didn't think cared much bout what I would be up to >>> sent me off list notes on my burgeoning D700 which I mentioned in >>> passing. >>> Really gives me the warm and fuzzes! >>> I could kick myself for letting it go as long as it did it was like I >>> was in >>> limbo. But I'm turning 60 in January and so its no time to sit around. >>> I'll be posting photos first day I'm sure hope you like them! I'd think >>> this >>> week or next. >>> >>> >>> Mark >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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