Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Do you have any photos to show us? Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Leonard J Kapner wrote: > Hello Everyone! > > I wish all a very pleasant and peaceful holiday season, wherever you are and > whatever you celebrate. > > After having been a digest subscriber and rather occasional subscriber for > the past several years, I have decided to join the fray and become a regular > subscriber for 2004. > > So that regular contributors may get to know me, I am a retired business > model and market development strategist specialized in high technology, > mostly mobile computing and wireless communications. I have been a Leica > owner and user continuously since 1956, when I received a slightly used M3 > and collapsible 50mm Summicron as a graduation gift from a doting uncle. > Most of my photography tends to be about the often-tenuous boundary between > nature’s beauty and man’s invention. I have a reputation as a “constant > carrier” – meaning that I can always be seen toting and using a camera in > all sorts of situations. > > Although I do own several digital cameras, for the present I seem to prefer > capturing most kinds of images on film, scanning them through a Coolscan > 4000 into my Macintosh, cleaning things up in Photoshop and outputting to an > Epson 2200. Films I use most are Tri-X and T400CN in my M-Series cameras, > and E100VS and FujiPress 800 in my R-Series. Occasionally, I will use Scala > for a particular opportunity. I am disappointed to date with my 2200 B/W > output and plan to work this problem seriously in 2004, either by diving > into Piezography or perhaps scquiring one of the purpose-built HP 7960 > inkjets. > > My goal in becoming a regular LUGger in 2004 is to participate in online > discussions in which I believe I may have something of value to offer and to > begin sharing my photographic output with you, seeking your advice, > commentary and guidance in becoming a better, more accomplished photographer > and printer. > > Thanks to all of you from whom I have learned so much, especially Messrs. > Barbour, Colen, Firkin, Grant, Rabiner, Ridings and Shulman. I hope to be > able to return the favor in some small measure over time. > > With warm regards, > > Len > Leonard J Kapner > E-Mail: ljkapner@cox.net > Tel: (310) 377-5060 / Mobile: (310) 291-0140 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html