Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks bob! the flowers are about two feet off the ground. "keep changing those batteries, they can't all be dead" On Sep 28, 2010, at 1:07 PM, Robert Baron wrote: > Wow! How did you get down that low, or are those flowers really really > tall? > > I sure am glad that little sucker found a great new home. > > Keep pushing that shutter button, it'll eventually take a picture. > > --Bob > > ==On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:25 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG > <leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote: >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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