Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/18
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OK Ric, thanks for the advice and for looking at the gallery!Jean-Michel
> From: ricc at embarqmail.com
> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:50:11 -0400
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Introducing myself
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> welcome aboard!
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> look forward to seeing through your eyes
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> viewing would be easier and quicker if you would shrink fie sizes--100-200
> kb is good enough for most quick looks
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> slow loads reduce viewership
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> nice photos
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> ric
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> On Oct 15, 2011, at 3:04 PM, Jean-Michel Mertz wrote:
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> > Hello everyone,I have registered at the LUG mailing list + gallery a few
> > days ago and posted a few pictures to
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/thanks to Philippe Amard
> > who very gracefully informed me of the challenging topics and exciting
> > pictures shared by LUG members. I started taking pictures back in ...
> > 1964 with a rangefinder camera (an Ansco I believe it was), then I
> > bought a Minolta X-1 and finally switched to Leica gear (M6, IIIc, M8).
> > I have done some lab work a few years ago, this is probably why I don't
> > believe, for the time being, in bringing too many changes to the
> > pictures I take. I have no favourite themes I would work on for days but
> > the way the light transforms the world I live in is something I like to
> > capture - modestly! The reason why there are many pictures of the US in
> > my album is because I have family there - as well as in Switzerland, a
> > wonderful country for picture taking.I live in Strasbourg, in the east
> > of France, close to the Germa
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> > and Swiss borders. A special thank you to Geoff Hopkinson who gave me
> > some very sound advice before I decided to move from film to digital
> > picture taking. I hope I'll be able to keep up with the email volume I
> > get ... almost every second! Thank you for your comments and ideas - I'm
> > still in the learning process. Jean-Michel (Mertz)
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