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Subject: [Leica] B&W LEICA???????????
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:36:17 +0100
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+1 Tina! Well said!


Lluis 



El 15/02/2013, a las 00:32, Tina Manley escribi?:

> Good on you, Ted! Your Digilux snap will be better than anything he ever
> takes with his Super camera.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Thursday, February 14, 2013,  <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> As I stopped to make a HAPPY SNAP.
>> 
>> The voice out of the gray cloudy light of day asked:
>> 
>> "Hey man is that one of those fancy new Leicas that cost $12 Grand and
> "IT CAN ONLY DO B&W FOR THAT KINDA MONEY?"?
>> 
>> I figured by the snotty put down tone of voice it was a jerk asking!" :-)
>> 
>> I responded in a light hearted fashion.... "Yes my good fellow it
> certainly is and does a magical job capturing amazing images in beautiful
> B&W!"
>> 
>> He?..... "What a pile of crap ! Man I can get 2 Canons and a couple of
> lenses for 12 Grand and do colour and B&W. You got screwed man!" And made
> an ugly face you'd like to put a boot to! Or you'd have loved to rip his
> larynx out just to rid the world of the snotty nosed voice inflections!
>> 
>> Say's I? "Would you care to see a frame or two?" As I put the camera to
> my one good eye and clicked.
>> 
>> Then did a quick set to show a B&W beautiful image. :-) Dang I knew I had
> this snotty nosed SOB and I was going to stuff him because as I brought up
> the image he said....... "I bet it isn't as good as shooting B&W film and I
> know all about that as I've been shooting B&W film for 4 years nearly every
> day and my "friends" tell me I take really good pictures !" Me in my
> mind....  "Yep I bet you do!" Gagg ed and nearly barfed!
>> 
>> So yep there was my shot looking all nice B&W! A shrug of his shoulders
> and "UGH not bad! But for 12 Grand I'll still get 2 Canon's just in case I
> want to shoot colour. Besides it looks like one of those old time cameras!.
> "YEP!" says I as I walked away and tucked my Digilux 2 shooting B&W back in
> the bag! :-) "gottcha!!" And smiled!
>> 
>> And smiled to myself again thinking....... "the LUG guys &gals are going
> to love this "Leica spotting story! " Jeeeeeeeeeeesshhhhhh it can make a
> guy feel so good when yer not having a good shoot day and you get away with
> a little something like that! :-)
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Dr. ted.
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
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