[Leica] One of the joys of a film Leica

[jshulman at judgecrater.com (Jim Shulman)]

Hoppy, I have to wait a bit until the pictures are ready (film, drying,
scanning--remember?)  The digital crowd has already posted their stuff.

j

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Geoff Hopkinson
Sent: Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:19 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] One of the joys of a film Leica

Pictures!? Where are the pictures Jim !? Without them it didn't happen.


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


On 6 April 2014 10:49, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:

> Negs in the SHOWER???
>
> I have just 2 words for you: Norman Bates!
>
> --howard
>
> BTW, I loved that really snarky comment about the red rings and
> you-know-who's bathtub.
>
>
> On Apr 5, 2014, at 6:34 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com>
wrote:
>
> > Today's I was invited to participate in International Pillow Fight
> > Day (yes, there is such a thing).  When I showed up at the park,
> > there were about three or four middle-aged photographers to each
pillow fighter.
> > Almost everyone had a mammoth DSLR, most with equally mammoth zooms
> > with red rings at the end (there were so many, you'd have thought it
> > was
> Norman
> > Bates' bathtub!).  When the fighting started, I jumped right into
> > the
> fray
> > with my M3, ISO 400 b/w film, and a CV 28/3.5, which is a really
> > compact lens.  They pounded away (and a few times I was whacked.)
> > Of course, I
> had
> > no fears whatsoever for the outfit, since both camera and lens are
> > built like a tank.
> >
> >
> >
> > However, I was the only shooter in the middle of it, since everyone
> > else was terrified that one swat would destroy their $2000, 3000 or
whatever
> > DSLR outfit.    So, from a distance it looked like a lot of pillow
> > fighters, surrounded by a bunch of guys who looked as thought they
> > were photographing wildlife from a Range Rover.
> >
> >
> >
> > Negatives in the shower drying now.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Jim Shulman
> >
> > Wynnewood, PA
> >
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