Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee: "You call that a lens? THIS is a lens:" http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Photokina-2006/1987925_8dxbBh#!i=101384548&k=yJmSm&lb=1&s=O Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Mar 30, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Richard Man wrote: > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/KeebleFreeFood/index.html > > > I was doing more SWC testing and noticed that there were a lot of people up > in the Keeble & Schucat "gallery" room. It turns out that they were > demo'ing and selling pre-orders for the D4 and D800/E. Not sure if it > happens in other places, but here in Palo Alto, I heard that they sold > quite a number of them. > > They also had free food and wine, so of course I stayed around and took > photos. I took Frank's advice and use the SWC as a P&S. It works quite > well. I wasn't entirely sure about the readings from my ancient L-398 meter > (in "foot-candles") but the negs do look more or less within +- 1/2 stop. I > have misplaced my high tech tiny spot meter and I need to find it soon. > > In the 3rd photo, the tiny camera on the back of that 7 billion mm > super-duper-telephoto lens was a D800. It certainly is one of the biggest > lens I have ever seen. I saw a Canon shooter once with something similar in > the Bayland. I think he was photographing the eyeball of the seagulls. > > The D4 is also impressively big and heavy. I didn't push any buttons. > > I am just glad that I have an M9 (and XPan, and now the SWC). It's hard to > get tempted by other cameras :-) > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >