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Subject: [Leica] was Leica What's happening? now.LUG VISIT!
From: tedgrant@islandnet.com (Ted Grant)
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 21:13:05 -0800

Tina wrote:

>Don't you guys know that in January you are supposed to head SOUTH!>>>>>>


Hi Tina,

Yeah we'll be doing that in March, but I could use some good old fashion
sun tanning weather right now.

Eric and I were out shooting around the Parliament buildings last evening
and it was cold enough to freeze the buns off a baker! :) Eric working with
his 35 1.4 aspherical mainly on tripod and I with trusty Noctilux shooting
colour hand held of Eric and sundry night lights.

I was using 100-1000 fuji rated at 800. Be interesting to see what it looks
like to-morrow.

Today started out not bad but the "rain gods" decended with a vengance and
it was just unrealistic to shoot without umbrella cover or an underwater
blimp for the M6! :)

Eric is out of here to-morrow noon and I don't imagine it's going to make
any difference by the look of the forecast, so it's bigtime darkroom until
the sun shines again.

We've had a good time over the past several days while Eric has been
visiting here in Victoria, BC, Canada.  Despite the weather conditions we
managed some picture taking, lots of Leica jawing time and looking in
antique stores for old photo magazines, photo books and certainly oldtime
Leicas. No we didn't find any Leica's! :(  Maybe next time.

It  has always been an honour each time I've had the good fortune to shake
hands and personally befriend a member of the LUG family. Eric, last fall
at the Leica seminar on Cape Cod and again his visit here to my home town.

As always it's been a pleasure and I look forward to the future, that I may
shake the hand of other family members. Those who haven't had the enjoyment
of being face to face with a name from the screen as a LUG human being,
it's a very nice feeling.
ted

Ted Grant
This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler.
http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant