Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is the first year we've missed in a long time. Now I feel like I've been there! Thanks, Jim. Tina On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:51 PM, Jim Shulman <jshul at comcast.net> wrote: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/photoplus/ > > > > All shot today with my M4, CV 35/1.2, and Neopan 400 > > > > Some observations: > > > > Fuji was completely absent-no film, no digital, no preview of nifty new > digital M-like camera, nada. Strange. > > > > Kodak was handing out rolls of Tri-X in 35mm and 120. It's a little like a > buggy whip manufacturer handing out samples at the 1915 auto show (though I > did stock up some 120 for my horse-drawn Minolta Autocord). And why were > all those people with digicams taking the film samples-is this akin to bald > men stealing the hotel shampoo bottles? > > > > I saw some folks trying out the S2 at the Leica booth. When I grabbed a > picture, a Leica rep said, "That sounds like an M camera shutter!" > > > > There were a few film shooters on the floor, though my camera was a point > of > curiosity akin to an albino zebra on parade. > > > > Tried out a few Zeiss/Cosima lenses at the show, in particular the 21/4.5 > (which Tom A. raved about, and I now concur) and the 85/4 (which is a > really > nice lens). Shot some images (not included in the gallery) with these > lenses at about 1/15 second wide open aperture. > > > > Jim Shulman > > Wynnewood, PA > > Who'll bet that most of the digital shooters today still have their images > on a card in the camera, rather than processed and displayed. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com