Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first one is absolutely beautiful B&W work. I'd love to see that one printed! Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 7-aug-06, om 17:41 heeft John Mason het volgende geschreven: > [For some reason (someone can perhaps explain it to > me) the links in my last post weren't clickable. I'm > going to try removing the <'s and >'s.] > > Just dropping by to say hello from cold, gray, and wet > Cape Town. Despite the weather, it's my favorite > city, in large part because the music (Abdullah > Ibrahim's hometown) and the food (you haven't lived > until you've had a Cape Malay lobster curry) are so > good. > > I spent last Monday photographing the music or, at > least, some of the people who make it. The scene was > Swinger's, a local jazz club that's hosted a weekly > jam session for over a decade. > > I was out there with Marshall Sealy, a New York jazzer > and freelancer, who happened to be in town to > participate in the International Horn Symposium: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/SwingersJuly2006/Marshall02 > > Alvin Dyers, a terrific guitarist who's become a good > friend over the last few years, leads the house band: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/SwingersJuly2006/AlvinAndNick01 > > The young and the old, the famous and the obscure, > South Africans and overseas guests, everyone's > welcome, as long as they can keep up. The gallery is > here: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/SwingersJuly2006 > > Equipment is strictly OT: Pentax istDL and Pentax > 50/1.4 @ 3200. I'll refrain from singing the praises > of this lovely little camera. (Just glanced at the > archives and noticed Phil's been doing just that.) > > I've got my M2 with me, but I'm hardly using it. > Perfect camera for this trip would be a Bessa R2A with > the istDL's innards. Great viewfinder and an M-mount > married to surprisingly good image quality. CV should > be able to pull it off about 1000 bucks. > > --John > > J Mason > Charlottesville, Virginia > > DEMOCRACY OF SPEED, a Photo Documentary Project: > http://www.people.virginia.edu/~ds8s/john-m/john-m.html > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >