Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/03

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Subject: [Leica] New Book Project - Gaiman/Cassidy/Palmer
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan dimitrov)
Date: Sun Aug 3 12:11:42 2008
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No matter how often I've seen it, I just love jejeune culture.
S.


On Aug 3, 2008, at 8:37 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I wasn't sure how much of this was top secret, but everybody else  
> is talking about it so I'll mention that I signed up to do a book  
> with science-fiction author Neil Gaiman called "Who Killed Amanda  
> Palmer" it's a photo book with pix by me and text by Neil starring  
> Amanda Palmer.
>
> i was just up in boston for a week working on it. Basically we had  
> 20 little "sets" and Neil sat in the back scribbling away in a  
> moleskin while I took photos. It was great fun.
>
> Here's a photo by Beth Hommell that was taken after one of the shoots
>
> http://kylecassidy.com/lj/2008/nfg3.jpg
>
> and I wrote about it a bunch in my blog
>
> http://kylecassidy.livejournal.com/
>
> as did Neil Gaiman
>
> http://journal.neilgaiman.com/
>
> It should be out in October and your kids will think you're cooler  
> for knowing about it now.
>
> i took the Leica d700 which arrived the day before I left with the  
> 24-120 VR lens, which I found very useful. I also used the  
> artificial horizon on the back of the camera. It performs a lot  
> like the d300 did, except it's full frame, of course and the high  
> ISO's don't show nearly as much grain. I shot from 400 asa to 6400  
> and did a lot of handheld at low shutter speeds with the VR lens  
> and am generally quite pleased with the results. Because it was new  
> I also brought the d200 along and it ended up just being weight. A  
> lot of weight.
>
> I had two batteries in the d700 and one was drained completely  
> after 4 days of shooting. I just took the grip off and kept going,  
> a bit happy for the lighter weight.
>
> More later when I know more,
>
> Kyle
>
>
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Replies: Reply from glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer) ([Leica] New Book Project - Gaiman/Cassidy/Palmer)
In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] New Book Project - Gaiman/Cassidy/Palmer)