Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Ted, Our family christmas was great: all the traditional "northern" hemisphere roasts and we all copped a bit of sunburn to boot. Spent part of boxing day on the beach and part photographing my nieces. Fun fun fun, and happy new year to all. Cheers On 25/12/2004, at 9:10 AM, Ted Grant wrote: > Alastair Firkin said: > Subject: Re: [Leica] FOM 2 & LEICA - EOS MARRIED. > > >> Great Ted, we have always allowed hybrids, as long as the camera or >> lens was Leica. Of course when we started, we had no idea that the >> marriage would be between Canon SLR's and Leica, but that's evolution >> I suppose. >> Have a great Christmas and don't forget that voting commitment >> ;-)<<<<< > > G'day Alastair, > I trust you're already enjoying your Christmas Day on the future side > of the planet ! ;-) > > Me? I can hardly wait for the white haired & bearded old fellow to > come down the chimney! ;-) > > I figure this is the 75th Christmas for me and the excitement of it > all is still there! :-) Heck if not, how boring it would be. But I > love the children and their excitement at what it is. Worth every > minute of watching them during the final days before the big one. :-) > You can feel the excitement growing. :-) > > Yep when you started FOM2 who would've ever thought we'd see a digital > avalanche as we've seen. Let alone the marrying of Leica lenses and > Canon digital bodies at the numbers we see these days. Which I think > will evolve faster this New Year quicker than the last. > > And if you weren't such a common sense logical chap accepting the > advances, it would be a shame to discount photography simply because > it wasn't a "Leica lens and body." Instead of what we see, a lens mix > and match with digital body of these days. Certainly when so many > say.."Well it's the lens that counts the most with any Leica camera > anyway!" > > Not to worry about the voting commitment, I'm as steady as rock and > looking forward to this year's selection. > > Have a wonderful day and Christmas dinner. Oh you may have already had > it! ;-) Therefore I trust it was wonderful. > > ted > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair