Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Shooting Transparencies
From: "Bud Cook" <budcook@ibm.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 14:31:42 -0600

Well Dave, it seems you've joined a dying breed:-)
Bud
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From: drodgers@nextlink.net <drodgers@nextlink.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 1:58 PM
Subject: [Leica] Shooting Transparencies


>I started  shooting some chrome film recently, initially to compare my
>Leica and Contax lenses for the heck of it.  Now I'm hooked. I ended up
>replacing my old projector with a new Ektragraphic. I bought a new screen
>(my old one had yellowed). I bought and shot a 50 roll brick of E100S over
>three months. That's more chrome film than I'd shot the previous decade.
>
>I learned a few things. First, there are few activites more relaxing and
>enjoyable than sitting back and viewing slides projected onto a big screen.
>Further, shooting chrome film -- vs b/w & color neg film --  forced me to
>look at things a little differently. It was a wakeup call of sorts. I had
>been shooting chrome film for little jobs here and there. But not for fun.
>I'd forgotton what a blast it is to put together and view a slide show. To
>think, I almost bought a scanner instead of a good projector.  I already
>spend too much time in front of a monitor.
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>Dave
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