Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com ...... Original Message ....... On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:51:28 +0100 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: " Looks really mean with Leica glass on it. Is the body really so tiny? "Leic-anthro-pus? (Leica-human-olympus - sounds like a good combination "- spelled slightly differently it's a werewolf :-) ) "Douglas " "Gary Todoroff wrote: " ">Bruce - Shorter is usually better, true. But something poetic in ">"O-Lymp-a-Leic" kept bouncing around. Reminds me of some old 60's song, "In ">the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight." Then the chorus is ">o-wik-a-wac or something like that. Or at least something like ">O-Lymp-a-Leic. "> "> "Wim-o-way - IMMSMW " ">Thanks for leic-o-pine-ing! ">Gary "> ">-----Original Message----- ">From: lug-bounces+datamaster=northcoastphotos.com@leica-users.org ">[mailto:lug-bounces+datamaster=northcoastphotos.com@leica-users.org]On ">Behalf Of bruce ">Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:06 AM ">To: Leica Users Group ">Subject: Re: [Leica] Couple of E-330 shots "> "> ">Gray, like others, I guess, I have been thinking about the name since ">you posted .................. and can only come-up with a shortened ">version version, with a more playful name ................ ">OLYLEIC ................... OLYCON ..................... ">OLYNIK ................Pronounce it. "> ">B. "> ">On 9-mrt-2006, at 9:33, Gary Todoroff wrote: "> "> "> ">>Great demo shot of Mr. Le, Neal! Any other camera and you would ">>have been ">>dusting yourself off after the shot and rubbing your knees, ">>depending on ">>your age. Isn't that live mode flip screen great? Just set the ">>E-330 on the ">>floor and look down like a TLR. And what a perspective from that ">>7-14mm, ">>too. ">> ">>HCB would have made this camera positively DANCE down the street! ">>At LHSA in ">>San Francisco when I tried to describe this kind of camera/photo ">>creativity ">>to a Leica Rep, his only reply was, "That is not an M!" ">> ">>Good grief! Fortunately Mr Leitz did not say to Mr Barnack, "Das ">>ist nicht a ">>Press Kamera!" ">> ">>Just added a few more photos to my OlympuLeic Blog at ">>http://www.northcoastphotos.com/OlympuLeic.htm - nothing taken WITH ">>the new ">>E-330 yet, but some interesting ones OF it with the Leica adapter. ">> ">>Gary Todoroff ">>Tree LUGger ">> ">><< ">>Seems as if the new Olympus E-330 is getting popular with the LUG ">>group, I ">>just picked up mine today.