[Leica] Harrison & Charlie... The LUG is back. Thanks.

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

At 08:27 PM 6/20/98 -0500, you all wrote:
>
>Well, Jim, I spent this week shooting photos to finish out one of our 
>magazines in Shelbyville, TN.  Those of you "into" Tennessee Walking 
>Horses know this town as the home of the most prestigious ceremony/show 
>in the industry, the Celebration.  As part of the magazine I had to shoot 
>a couple of horse farms.  At one point I was almost laying on the ground 
>shooting yearling fillies with a 24 mm elmarit.  The horses were so 
>friendly I could not use anything longer and I think I got horse snot on 
>my lens!  And when the horses turned their rear ends to me you better 
>believe I had thoughts of Ted Grant running through my mind!
>...

Harrison McClary

>I just got back from a trip to Keeble and Shuchat in Palo Alto. I had the
>pleasure to meet fellow LUGger Jeff Alford (hello, Jeff) who works there
>and to handle a bunch of new Leica gear. While it's fresh on my mind I
>thought I'd pass along some impressions for those of you who, like me, do
>not live conveniently close to a well-stocked Leica dealer.
>
>The Goodies:
>
>1) The new M6 HM: I want one. I don't wear glasses and I don't use the 28mm
>lens. I do use a 90. The difference in the 90 framelines is, in practice,
>...

Charles Dunlap

>There seem to be a number of us in the Bay Area.
>
>How about a Leica slide night?
>
>No more than 60 of your favorite Leica slides.
>
>Site, date, time to be chosen.
>
>A host house in the Palo Alto area would be central to me (Santa Cruz) and
>others in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, etc.
>
>Any interest?
>
>-Charlie

Charles Dunlap

And yes indeed, there is interest.

Jim