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Subject: [Leica] We Watched Fireworks
From: hlritter at twc.com (Howard L Ritter Jr)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 21:10:47 -0500
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That?s a nice capture of the end of the skyrocket trajectory that we don?t 
usually see!

How long have you had your a7rII, and how do you like it? I got mine this 
past summer and I love it. Its first assignment was to accompany me for two 
weeks in Germany in September. I like the forward bulge of the battery 
compartment on the right side. With a wrist strap for security, the camera 
dangles nicely from a couple of fingers hooked around the bulge, always 
ready for use. It logged a lot of miles that way walking in Germany. That 
was one of the things that I really liked about my NEX-7, which disappeared 
on the trip back from Germany in 2015. I decided to replace it with the a7 
rather than the 6500 because of the full frame and a change in the bulge of 
the 6500 from the NEX-7 that makes it impossible to dangle. But I do miss 
the compactness of the 18-55 kit zoom, which produced excellent images ? if 
you increase the width of the sensor by 50%, you have to increase the length 
of an equivalent lens similarly, and that almost quadruples its mass. That?s 
what the 24-70 feels like, all right! Sure do wish Sony would find the will 
to put the lovely Zeiss 35/2 from the RX-1 in an E mount?

?howard


> On Dec 4, 2016, at 12:33 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> A drenching rain cancelled our Natchitoches Christmas Fest parade for the
> second time in 90 years, but the fireworks show went on!
> 
> http://sonc.com/look/?p=5286
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> 1714
> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
> 
> USA
> 
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