[Leica] WHAT TO TAKE? ;-)

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Have a great trip, Ted.


> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:59:03 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] WHAT TO TAKE? ;-)
> 
> Howdy crew,
> Yeah I figured of all people I'd raise an eye brow when I asked what
> equipment to take on a trip. ;-)
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> I just wanted to say this is the first time I've ever gone on an assignment
> + holiday without a film using Leica! It's all digital, Digilux 2 and
> Leicanon 20D, 10-22 Canon lens and 80-200 f4.0 Leica lens.
> 
> Am I apprehensive? Yeah kind of, but the proof of the excerise will be in
> the coverage and success of the end products. Only time and the delete
> button will know! :-)
> 
> On Tuesday 20 September Ken Lassiter whom you know on line and of Florida
> and our wives, Carol Lassiter and Irene Grant will be enjoying the weather
> and hospitality of Portugal for 10 days. :-)
> 
> On the Sept. 30th Irene and I arrive in London for 12 days of visiting the
> UK.  Friends and family.
> 
> Thought I might call on the Queen to see if she'd be interested in tea and
> few snaps on the Saturday afternoon. A jolly sort of get together you know,
> unfortunately the last time I took her picture, ready?  "with no film in 
> the
> camera!"  Now there's a confession of notoriety. She said," I never want to
> see him again." Hey, well OK the "no film in camera is true!" :-) And when 
> I
> asked her Equerry could she wait a moment as I loaded all he said was...
> "PITY!" And they left! :-(
> 
> What the hell it happens in the best of families, like how many of you guys
> are accidents? ;-)
> 
> If you have to ask.. never mind! :-)
> 
> Anyway, back to Lisbon,  if any crew members are in and about the city from
> the 20th till 23 please give Ken or myself a call, we're staying at the
> Hotel Metropole from the 20th to Saturday morning 24th when we leave for 
> the
> comforts of a fine villa in the Algarve region to the south.
> 
> Irene and I arrive in London, Friday 30th for 3 days staying with friends
> and Saturday afternoon has  been allotted as "LUG TIME" ;-) while the women
> folk do the "shopping mall thing." So if anyone has time for a beer and 
> chat
> Leica/photography during the afternoon, please give me a phone call either
> Friday evening or early Saturday morning at... 4402089776433. As we plan to
> go into London for the afternoon. So maybe a pub get to-gether is possible
> if anyone is so inclined. :-)
> 
> Or if you think so before Monday morning 19th, that's like this coming
> Monday, ;-) e-me.
> 
> So we'll be off line for 3 weeks at least after Monday 19th.
> 
> ted
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