Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/22

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Subject: [Leica] First few M9 shots
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil)
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:52:11 -0400
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"Betty is exquisite"
Yeah, that's for sure. She does a lot of modeling. Stay tuned in the
next month to see a collaboration I'm doing with her.

The M9 is the finest digital piece of gear I've ever touched, I think.
I still can't believe that this one is mine.

Phil Forrest


On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:17:21 +1030
Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Very nice B&W conversions.  Betty is exquisite.
> 
> The M9 is pretty amazing, given that for a long time many thought that
> a digital M would never happen, let alone one that god.
> 
> Marty
> 
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Phil <photo.forrest at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > I've now had the M9 just over 24 hours. Unfortunately, I haven't had
> > the opportunity to shoot as much as I'd have liked to since I've
> > been studying for a mid-term exam which was this morning and then
> > shuttered myself into a video editing lab room where I've been
> > working on coverage of Wednesday night's Pennsylvania Gubernatorial
> > Candidate forum held just a few blocks south of Temple U.
> >
> > Anyways, I've had the camera with me that whole time and have taken
> > a fair share of photos. I'll trickle them onto the LUG gallery as I
> > work on them. Here are the first three:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/Phila_110308web/l1000102.jpg.html
> > Betty laughing as I attempt to shoot her at f/1.4
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/Phila_110308web/l1000103.jpg.html
> > Betty in conversation
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/Phila_110308web/l1000092.jpg.html
> > "Walbert" (Walter Albert) saying "make me look good."
> >
> > These are full res jpg files uploaded at the request of a friend.
> > I'll reload them in a few days to make the file size more
> > manageable.
> >
> > I don't even know how amazing this camera is so far.
> > Phil Forrest
> >
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