Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 75 Summilux!
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 12:54 +0000 (PST)

Eric Welch wrote:

> I got my 75 Summilux today. Took it to lunch with a bunch of women (I
> was
> the token male) and while eating saw this 18 month old boy look over
the
> partition at a lady eating. Was so cute I had to shoot it (and it's
> running
> in the paper tomorrow). Shot wide open with Kodak Ektapress 400.
> Probably
> 1.4 at 1/250 sec. When I scanned the picture in I was amazed. The tonal
> modulation was gorgeous. The neon lights in the background glowed. The
> colors were saturated. This is truly a Leica lens with the "glow" and
> "character" that people talk about.
>
> I already love it and plan to put it to good use!

Eric, you surprise us! From your previous postings we'd assumed you'd be
keeping it in a glass case and fondling it only on public holidays! :-)

[FX: sound of running feet]