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Subject: [Leica] More from LUG-Fest Barcelona 2013 (with hopes that Philippe Amard will forgive me)
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 15:35:13 +1000
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A nice start to another Barca set, Greg. It's remarkable how some subjects
in the market appear across sets by a number of us (shot separately).

On your Summilux, you will have to settle for f/1.4! The reported number in
EXIF is only a calculated approximation.


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 8 October 2013 10:48, Greg Rubenstein <gcr910 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Gang:
>
> A few first drafts from LUG-Fest Barcelona, 2013. More to come.
>
> Another muchos gracias to Lluis and Mariela for pulling together such a
> wonderful gathering and giving so much of their time. And thank you to all
> who made it there -- a fine time it was.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/Barcelona+2013/
>
> Oh yes: whatever one thinks about skylight or haze filters, fireworks
> damage suffered in Stiges was limited to a few flare-causing (and caused)
> pits -- on the filter, not the front element of the 24/1.4 it covered.
> Phew!
>
> One more bit of trivia about that 24/1.4: learned from the exif info on one
> image that it's an f1, which I never knew. Wonder now whether to tell the
> folks at Leica, keep it among ourselves, or sell the thing for a fortune to
> a collector amassing rarities on his/her shelves . . .
>
> Please comment and critique (the photos, that is); muchly appreciated on or
> off list.
>
> Greg Rubenstein
>
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