Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, to use B.D.'s words from a previous post to comment on his son: "Good on him!" Before I had to settle into the whole support yourself and be a grown-up thing (still working on the grown-up deal) I was quite the little skate-punk myself. Had a blast. Got some good photos of it as well but I was using and FM-2 and sadly, I have no clue where they are now. :-( I'll live - happy skater snaps to all. :-) Frank (who would break his neck in short order if he ever tried half the stuff he used to do on a ramp again) - -------Original Message------- From: bdcolen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> Sent: 02/07/03 09:11 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] [leica ] for sale > > Hey! That's my skateboarder kid - unfortunately - who you're talking about!! :-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Noel Charchuk Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 9:53 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] [leica ] for sale BD, what caliber does your son use when shooting skateboarders? Where can I sign up to join in? I would welcome him up here to shoot some snowboarders too. Oh, you mean he uses a camera?!?! Dang, sorry, I read it wrong. ; ) Noel "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: >He, the F5 is a hell of a camera - it may not be what most people on >this list want or need, but it's a high speed, high power, SLR that >will take virtually any lickin' and keep on tickin' - which is what >it's intended to be. But I'm sure it's sales have dropped like, well, >like an F5 off a cliff, given that it is basically a PJ camera, and PJs >are all switching to digital. Where it's essential is for shooting >high-speed sequences when the shooter needs the resolution of film, >rather than the comparatively low resolution of the higher speed Nikon >and Canon pro-SLR digitals. My son, for example, who shoots >skateboarders, can't even consider a digital SLR yet. > >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 >Christopher Williams >Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:54 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] [leica ] for sale > > >How about the F5pw? > >F5 - paperweight. > >We've had one here for 2 years, no sales since the D1x,D1h, and D100. > >Chris > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <DentKimTerry@cs.com> >> >> << Boy, am I missing something here...A Nikon F5 demo for $2500? B&H >sells >> the Nikon F5 NEW for $1,929.95... >> >> >> >> It was listed as an F5A which I assume stands for anniversary edition >which I >> think originally sold for over $3000. > > > >-- >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 > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ - -- 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