Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Sonny & CREW, YOU BET, EVEN WHEN THESE DAYS I ONLY HAVE A CANON 450D SLR AND 1 ZOOM LENS. BUT I STILL HAVE MY ONE & ONLY LEICA M8 BODY quite often hanging on my neck or shoulder as my "walker" and I MAKE OUR WAY ABOUT THE "OLD FOLKS HOME!" ABOUT 200 FOLKS! ALL AVAILABLE LIGHT IMAGES. AN F1.00, 50MM NOCTILUX LEICA LENS,PLUS SEVERAL OTHERS. AND A SPECIAL 15MM f.4/5 VOIGTLANDER super-wide adapted for MY LEICA M8 35MM CAMERA THAT WORKS LIKE A DREAM! USUALLY I SET THE APERATURE FOR A REASONABLE DEPTH OF FIELD AND USE IT MUCH LIKE AN AUTO-FOCUS LENS===ONLY QUICKER.:-) YEA I LOSE THE ODD ONE! :-) I have my camera bag, both cameras & lenses with me dawn to dusk as I travel about my huge senior's home every day. Some days my M8 is almost smoking as I Happy Snap my WAY INDOORS AND OUT DOORS! DO I BLOW ANY????????????? YOU BET! SURE! HOWEVER, AT MY 90 YEAR OLD BODY AND ONE GOOD EYE ONLY! WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT? I'D DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN (70 YEARS CLICKING FROM DAY ONE START.) CLICKING ALL THE WAY! UNTIL MY 100TH BIRTHDAY! IN 9 YEARS! 1.MAKE THE 100 YEARS, EVEN MORE SO? HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE! ONE DAY AT A TIME!! CHEERS, Dr.ted grant O.C. -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Sonny Carter via LUG Sent: September-23-19 12:15 PM To: Leica Users Group Cc: Sonny Carter Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG yearbook My Sony may not be Leica inspired, but my shooting certainly is! Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 2:07 PM Duane Birkey via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I totally respect whatever decision is made as far as equipment > qualifications to be included in the yearbook... I see all sides... > Focusing on imagery vs equipment used vs both. > > All my Leica gear is film-based... so I would have to be very > intentional about taking it out with me when I go shooting... > > I like to think that my Canon gear is Leica Inspired... Does that > count? : ) > > Alternatively... we could put an asterisk next to non-Leica photos.... > or only list Leica gear... I.E. M10 w/50 Summicron vs * w/50 > Summicron vs ** > > Keep smiling, > > Duane Birkey > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information