Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: What power drill should I buy?
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:40:31 -0700
References: <ECC6F7B330A26C40B652962C47DEA25801371007@asc02.asc.upenn.edu> <20030415183546.GE27175@latency.net> <001801c30382$63bd7ba0$51b24d51@desktop>

Graham

Speaking of Leica exposure meters, one of the most accurate
meters that I own is the Leicameter version of the pre-war
Weston Master 1 (715).

Jerry

GeeBee wrote:

> From: "Jeff Moore" <jbm@jbm.org>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: 15 April 2003 19:35
> Subject: [Leica] Re: What power drill should I buy?
>
> > Nice Jill moment, there.  The picture with Paul's big bald head is
> > dramatic and pleasingly composed, but catching an actual animated
> > human moment always seems to win for me.
> >
> > We've been through Scotch Whisky, God knows; if one were actually to
> > examine the question you didn't mean to bring up, I wonder what brand
> > loyalties this crew would exhibit.  I'm guessing, from my extensive
> > studies of power-tool semiotics (published in all the major academic
> > journals!), that there'd be a fair number of Porter Cable and Bosch
> > people here, and fewer Heartland DeWalt stalwarts than in the population
> > at large -- but there'd still be some.
> >
> >  -Jeff
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> ==================================================================
> The original post from Kyle has already produced an allusion to digital
> photography, a further reference to power tools and the mention of scotch
> whisky. There is a very real danger that this thread could break with the
> long standing tradition of remaining on topic in this forum. To maintain the
> purity of thread so beloved by many of the august members of this group I
> offer a photograph. Taken by a Leica M6 through a Leica Summicron 50mm lens
> which was fitted with Leica close focus specs and, just for the Leica
> overkill, I checked the exposure with a Leica exposure meter.:
>
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/previews.html
>
> --Graham
>
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Replies: Reply from "animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl> (Re: [Leica] Re: What power drill should I buy?)
In reply to: Message from Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> ([Leica] What power drill should I buy?)
Message from Jeff Moore <jbm@jbm.org> ([Leica] Re: What power drill should I buy?)
Message from "GeeBee" <graham@geebeespaw.freeserve.co.uk> (Re: [Leica] Re: What power drill should I buy?)