Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT!! slumming with a digital point and shoot
From: "Simon Greenwood" <mail@simon.gs>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:29:53 -0000
References: <20030124130446.GF18678@panix.com>

OK Rei now you ARE  showing off! 'Greta in the morning'  is way too good,
obviously the Coolpix is not a sufficiant challenge, go away and make a
pinhole camera out of an old shoue box and post some pictures from that!

Simon Greenwood



- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com>
To: "Leica Users Group (LUG)" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 1:04 PM
Subject: [Leica] OT!! slumming with a digital point and shoot


> this is way off-topic, except that you've been generous with
> your comments about my leica photography.  i thought this
> would be interesting for some of you to look at; digital
> point-and-shoot pictures by someone who's been exclusively
> shooting with leica rangefinders for nearly 15 years.
>
> for christmas this year,
> i got my wife the nikon coolpix 2500, (you know, that blue
> little point-and-shoot with the lens that can turn around so you
> can take pictures of your own face while you look at it).
> except for the fact that in the month since i've bought it
> the price HAS DROPPED 33%(!!!), it's an amusing gadget.  the best
> is that you don't need to load a damned pieece of software on
> your computer; on my mac and linux computers, it just plugs
> and plays.  (i also got to use brian's brother's iPhoto for the
> first time.. very nice!)
>
> boy, i thought shutter lag on my contax t2 was bad; this
> thing has a shutter lag that approaches a self-timer.  i can hit
> the button and stroll into the picture!!
>
> anyway, here's my digital signpost on the information superhighway:
> http://www.shinozuka-family.com/digislum/
>
> :-)
>
> -rei
>
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> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
> Ridgewood, New Jersey
>
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