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Subject: [Leica] what lenses to bring to boston?
From: Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:40:52 -0400 (EDT)

this weekend i'll be in boston spilling beer on my leica with members of
the BLUG. i need to know what lenses should i take with me. i hear that
boston is a completely different focal length from anyplace else i've ever
been and that the laws of refracton are entirely different there, making
everything i know about photography in philadelphia useless. (apparantly
things that are close up there look far away and things that are far look
close and blue filters give a red tint.) i'm also afraid that there might
be local ordinances forbidding the use of certian lenses. here's a list of
all the equipment i own:

1 black leica m6 (1988 model that just says M6 on the front, heavy
chroming around the top, serial number filed off by some jerk  long before
i got it, big ding on bottom plate from when i dropped it off a roof while
photographing bats coming out of a chimney).

1 28mm f 2.8 rokkor (slight nick on filter ring) in M bayonet mount.

1 front lenscap for the rokkor in a+ condition.

1 cannon 1.8 serenar in LTM mount, currently w/ LTM to bayonet adapter.

1  Hello Kitty plush toy.

2 Leica bayonet rear lens caps.

1 Tamrac canvass camera strap (black).

1 no-name camera bag (black).

1 copy of "Nan Golden Portfolio" published in softcover by that german
company, has a full page ad for the Leica M6 on page 41 and picture of Nan
in a bar on pages 71 and 72 where she's holding a black leica with a flash
- -- looks like an m6.

1 extra red dot saying "Leica" on the front that i got at a yard sale
about 4 years ago.

1 box for Leica MC meter (empty).

1 front shade marked "leitz" which doesn't fit either of my lenses (don't
know where it came from).

1 80-200 f 2.8 (nikon)

1 20mm f 2.8 (nikon mount)

1 nikon sb12 flash (fits f3)


thanks for your advice.

kc

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