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Subject: [Leica] WAS... ISOs Comparison "CHIMPING!" :-)
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Thu Dec 7 11:01:02 2006
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Walt said:


>I refuse to chimp... I'd love to know where that term originated. Probably 
>bandied about at Solms before Leica hired some Japanese engineers to help 
>design the M8?<<<<

Naw Walt, it was a bunch of news guys shooting a photo-op of political 
personalities, ( read monkeys) ;-)  and when there was a break everyone was 
checking their screens and somebody said.... "look at the chimpanzees 
searching for fleas!" ;-)

Sounds good anyway. :-) But it sure as hell didn't come from Solms!:-)

ted


>
> Harrison McClary wrote:
>
>> Walt Johnson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> p.s. Priced under $3500 and weather resistant. Am I dreaming?
>>
>>
>> yep...but it is a nice dream, except for the no screen part.
>>
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