Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/27

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Subject: [Leica] ROCKPORT 2008 - People - and Some Thoughts on the Leica M3
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Mon Oct 27 04:23:03 2008

Dick,

Nice set of photos.  Thanks for the photos of the seminar.  I´ve got to make 
sure I get to it next year.

Gene

-------------- Original message from "Richard S. Taylor" 
<r.s.taylor_post@comcast.net>: -------------- 


> I've posted photos of come of the attendees of the Rockport 2008 meet 
> in this album: 
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/rockport_2008/ 
> or 
> http://tinyurl.com/6nso2q 
> 
> There are two pages. All the B&W people pictures were taken with my 
> Leica M3, the four color people pictures were taken with my D300 as 
> were the final four shots in and around Rockport. 
> 
> If I've misidentified anyone or you can tell me who the TBDs are, 
> please let me know. 
> 
> Although Carl has been very flexible regarding what kinds of cameras 
> we use at these meets, I felt it was simply wrong to show up at what 
> is nominally a Leica meet without at least some Leica gear, so I 
> brought along my M3, MR4 meter and a 60's era black 50 mm Summicron 
> lens. Using some year-out-of-date Kodak BW400CN I found in the 
> 'fridge, I carried the camera with me to all the meetings and took 
> pictures when I felt the urge. The negatives were scanned with a 
> Nikon 5000ED scanner and downsized for the LUG. 
> 
> I had forgotten what an astonishing camera the M3 is! I hadn't used 
> it in five years. It's so easy to use, so little in the way, and 
> produces such fine results - even 50 years after it was made and after 
> five years of moldering in a drawer. It's a reminder, too, of the 
> capital-Q Quality that brought us to Leica in the first place. 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Dick 
> off-list comments to r.s.taylor at comcast dot net please. 
> 
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