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Subject: [Leica] Trip to Santa MonicaQ
From: leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans)
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 10:22:42 -0800

While in the LA area, we took a trip to Santa Monica pier one day.  A long 
trip from Sun City.  Along the way we stopped at a few camera stores, one of 
which was the Leica store.  Here I am in front of my future new Leica.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/l/LA+trip-7658.jpg.html

So, I once again got to play with an M(240).  This time I was more relaxed 
and had a great experience, unlike the one in Palm Springs.  They even had a 
broken R lens I was able to try out (no aperture ring function) and I found 
the camera to be pretty good with the R lens, but not so good I would plunk 
down $8K.  I will investigate Fuji or Sony.  We also visited my friend's 
camera store in Hollywood (Calumet) but he did not have the Fuji in stock 
and his 7A Sony had no lenses to try with it.  Selling them pretty good, I 
guess.  So I still do not have any hands on experience with either of them.

We made it to Santa Monica pier just after sunset and were treated to a nice 
show of color.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/l/LA+trip-7662.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/l/LA+trip-7675.jpg.html

It also happened to be the full moon, so turning around we saw this.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/l/LA+trip-7683.jpg.html

Great fish and chips.  Rivaled Ivars in Seattle.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/l/LA+trip-7704.jpg.html   My sister 
in law on the left and my wife.

Then we packed it up and fought the traffic all the way back to Sun City.

Comments welcome.  View the sunsets large if possible.

Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired (retarded?) Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer
 
"The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself 
would ever have dared dream."   James D. Watson 


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