Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Daniel, Not only you show enjoyable photographs time after time, but you also give an appetite for clearly underrated lenses. Thanks for showing, Philippe > From: Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:43:14 +0200 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>, <rolleiusers@yahoogroups.com>, > <MUGers@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [Leica] By Jupiter! > > I've been working as a school manager for Gothia Cup. Gothia Cup is a > tournament involving 1600 youth teams (football) from around the > world. 29 were living at the school my wife and I were managers for. > We live at the school for 8 days, 24 hours a day and solve a problem > or two that crops up when you have to make sure 600 people enjoy > themselves. > > Anyway ... back home now and played around with Jupiter (Jupiter-8). > The Elmar is nice, but it is slow. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter > > I think it does just fine wide-open at close focusing range: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0003 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0010 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0005 > (sometime I think the only thing the family does is sit around the > kitchen table, eating cookies and reading newspapers) > > Not bad under normal circumstances either: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0002 > > One thing led to another, commie glass led to commie cameras etc etc. > I'm on vacation, so it's a way to play around. > > Best, > Daniel > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >