Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like a wonderful time...can't wait to see the pictures. But I agree with others, take two cameras an exra lens or two and be done with it! Sounds like great M material to me...leave the Nikons at home! DJ - --- bdcolen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > So I'm sitting in my cubical in the Manhattan PR > office, trying to kill > time until I take the 9 p.m. Staten Island Ferry > inorder to meet a man > named "Chubby" in the McDonalds at the Staten Island > terminal. > > If all goes as planned - BIG IF - Chubby and I will > be picked up by one > of three 12 passenger vans which, having begun their > trip in Queens, NY, > will travel through the night toward Columbia, South > Carolina, for the > first reunion of members of the Bracy family, a clan > of black Americans > who have traced their roots back to about 1800 and a > slave/witch doctor > on a plantation outside Columbia. > > Should we survive the drive, the festivities begin > at 6 p.m. Friday with > a buffet dinner at a Holiday Inn where family > members are staying, > followed by the presentation of a birthday cake to > the 96-year-old > matriarch of the Bracy family - the youngest reunion > attendee is > one-year-old. Family members will assemble a family > quilt, and will then > boogee on down with a DJ until midnight or so. > > Saturday begins with a trip to the church founded by > the > great-great-great-great grandfather of the woman who > put this reunion > together, the church where countless Bracy's are > buried, and the church > where the 96-year-old went to school as a little > girl. > > The visit to the church will be followed from 1-9 > p.m. with a get > together in a state park, where family members will > barbeque two whole > hogs, have a card tournament, run games for the > kids, and, if luck is > with them, play a softball game with another family > having a reunion > there that day. > > Sunday it's back into the vans for the drive back to > New York for the > New York area family members and me, your intrepid > LUGer, lugging three > Ms, two F100s, lenses galore, an Olympus E20 N > digital camera, and 50 > rolls of Tri-X and 10 of Delta 3200. > > What I haven't figured out yet, is how to focus and > shoot in my sleep - > and whether there really will be a guy named Chubby > meeting me at the > McDonalds at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.:-) > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On > Behalf Of bdcolen > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:50 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] 35 mm RF lens test result > > > Well, there are two possibilities here - either they > were testing the > LuxASPH, or the test isn't worth a damn....and I > have to say that the > test sounds pretty poor anyway, as no 35 1.4 at 1.4 > is going to do as > well as a 35 2 at f2...or were they only comparing > the lenses from f 2 > onward. If that's the case, it's still a foolish > test, because if you > buy a 35 1.4 you - hopefully - buy it because you > need the speed. So > whether it performs quite as well at slower speeds > as slower lenses > becomes somewhat irrelivant. > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On > Behalf Of Rob > Appleby > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:16 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] 35 mm RF lens test result > > > I suspicion he mean the new one... > R. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Straus" <Mail@SlideOne.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 11:52 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] 35 mm RF lens test result > > > > on 8/15/02 3:47 PM, Christer Almqvist at > chris@almqvist.net wrote: > > > > > Second was Konica Hexanon with Zeiss Planar a > close third, partly > > > due to a good price/quality relation where they > only lost five and > > > four points respectively. Summilux was fourth, > with eleven points > > > lost due to its high price. Disregarding the > price/quality rating, > > > Summicron would still be placed before Summilux > which would then be > > > second overall. > > > > Sounds surprising. For how often I hear the Lux > get complained about > > for it's old design etc it would still take 2nd > for quality...? Odd... > > -- > > John Straus > > Chicago, IL > > http://SlideOne.com > > http://SlideOne.com/EditorsRoom > > ========================== > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html