[Leica] Leica D-Lux 3: It Arrived... I feel overwhelmed!

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

good luck with it Jack: I suspect there is a lot more pitfalls in the  
digital world than we imagine. I am learning a few of them now and  
every day a new issue appears. But it is fun and the images are  
fantastic. I suspect I am learning more about my own photography with  
the fast feed back than I did with film, which by the time the lesson  
was delivered the technique was forgotten

Cheers
On 15/11/2006, at 8:46, Jack McLain wrote:

> Dear Comrades in Photography....
>
> The Leica D Lux 3 has arrived. I am overwhelmed by what I DO NOT  
> know about
> operating this unit, and the digital world at large.
>
> I am struggling with the manual. I've managed to actually capture  
> an image,
> transfer it to my computer (another challenge since I very recently  
> bought
> my first Mac after years (pre retirement) of using a PC with a  
> secretary and
> I.T. Guy to get me out of trouble). They are not great pictures,  
> but I do
> feel a major sense of accomplishment at getting this far.
>
> Question: the camera came with a 64 memory card which I am learning is
> roughly equivalent to a 12 exposure roll of film.  Where would you  
> guys buy
> more/bigger cards, and extra batteries if you were inclined to do so?
>
> Holding the camera up and away from my face is going to challenge my
> compositional skills. Tell me one gets used to this!!
>
> Pictures later.. Hopefully
>
> Cheers
> Jack
>
> Jack McLain
>
> In the desert near Maricopa, Arizona
>
> "But It's a Dry Heat!"
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