[Leica] flowers with an old old (& rare) leica

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

Hi  Kyle,
I don't know where the Digilux 2 falls in your category, but I very much 
enjoy shooting with it simply because it is simple. And yeah I know someone 
will say for a "simple minded guy to use!" :-)

And yes it does make me slow down when shooting simply because I use it when 
it's a "quiet down time picture session" And I've a few interesting photo 
moments from it.

I can also turn it into B&W shooting mode that is fairly successful, however 
weird looking through the view finder at a B&W world, then look at the real 
life and see it in colour creates a strange sensation.

But your flower picture is wonderful to say the least.

You've got me thinking I should get out with my Digilux and do some "Happy 
snaps" enjoying some downtime relaxation.

cheers,
ted


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kyle cassidy on the LUG" <leicaslacker at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:25 AM
Subject: [Leica] flowers with an old old (& rare) leica


> If you had an old old rare leica (as I do) then you could be producing 
> flower images such as this:
>
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/dinosaur-leica3.jpg
>
> (At FULL RESOLUTION!)
>
> The Leica Digiux is superior to nearly all other cameras because it makes 
> you think when you photograph. You can't simply blaze away because you 
> have about fourteen photos before you need to pause and change the card, 
> so every shot must be the right shot. Also, the batteries last for about 
> 16 images without using the LCD, so chimping is frowned upon and dangerous 
> as the camera will unexpectedly announce BYE! and shut down in the middle 
> of shooting. You need to compose through the OPTICAL view finder (no ELF 
> garbage here, glass only baby) and, more importantly, compose in your 
> head.
>
> It slows you down, It makes you think. It's quiet. You zoom with your 
> feet. The Digilux, Digilux Zoom and the Digilux 4.3 are the only real 
> digital cameras true Leica users prefer. The M-9 with it's auto-everything 
> is like a television compared to the works of Shakespeare in a fine folio 
> edition.
>
> (& now, thanks to Clayton McKee i have now cornered the market on Smart 
> Media cards. If I can just get this thing connected to a car battery, I 
> can shoot all afternoon.)
>
>
> kc
>
> p.s. does anybody know how many digilux's and digilux 4.3's were made? 
> each of them had a production run of less than six months, so i'm thinking 
> there can't be that many of them. which, you know, makes them rare. like 
> shark attacks.
>
>
>
>
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