Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think Sam used the term varmint. At 03:54 PM 12/30/2008, you wrote: >I think Yosemite Sam used to call Bugs a RODENT When he was particularly >annoyed with him. >Hence the confusion. > > >Mark William Rabiner > > > > > From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@lighttube.net> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:32:46 -0600 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents. > > > > Philippe, > > > > I went out with my Leica IIIf RD and Summitar this morning and finished > up a > > roll of film that has been in the camera for months. It is so much more > > convenient to use digital that my film cameras get very little use. > > > > Jim Nichols > > Tullahoma, TN USA > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Philippe AMARD" <philippe.amard@tele2.fr> > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:03 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents. > > > > > >> Jim, > >> we're all Leica users in a way, > >> but at heart, are we not all photography lovers? > >> > >> I'll get myself an adaptor for the L1 and try the 28 mm some time, > >> soon. > >> > >> ;-) > >> > >> Asahily yours > >> Phx > >> PS: Mark would say Super Multi Coated Takumars :-) > >> > >> > >> Jim Nichols wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Philippe, > >>> > >>> I have retired the Spotmatic, but still use the Super Takumars on my > >>> Oly > >>> E-510 with an adapter. I have all of the ones that you named except > >>> for > >>> the 28. The 55mm f/1.8 makes a nice portrait lens on a four/thirds > >>> DSLR. > >>> > >>> Jim Nichols > >>> Tullahoma, TN USA > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe AMARD" > >>> <philippe.amard@tele2.fr> > >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:30 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents. > >>> > >>> > >>>> Pentax? > >>>> Spotmatic? > >>>> > >>>> Wonderful memories > >>>> Also had an ESII along with the Spotmatic F > >>>> > >>>> and Super Takumars - 135mm, 28mm (still on the shelves), 1.8 55mm, and > >>>> also f1.4 50 a gem of its own sort. > >>>> Feeling young again all of a sudden, DK why ;-) > >>>> > >>>> Oh yes, I love the squirrel ! > >>>> > >>>> Got one of those with my Contax in Chicago so long ago - must find the > >>>> slide some day. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks for sharing > >>>> Phx > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Jim Nichols wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi, Mark, > >>>>> > >>>>> I couldn't afford the latest Leica gear at the time, but my trusty > >>>>> Pentax Spotmatic did the job just fine. You have to offer food to > >>>>> the > >>>>> critters, and they love you. The linked photo below was made in Rocky > >>>>> Mountain National Park, in 1991. > >>>>> > >>>>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/The+Moocher+1991.jpg.ht > >>>>> ml > >>>>> > >>>>> Jim Nichols > >>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" > >>>>> <mark@rabinergroup.com> > >>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:59 AM > >>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> At the Rocky Mountain National Park at the LHSA meeting we all tried > >>>>>> shooting these little quick cute critters like that a bit smaller > >>>>>> and > >>>>>> shyer. > >>>>>> A challenge for an M6 and a 50 or 90. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Mark William Rabiner > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> From: Gee Bee <graham@geebeephoto.com> > >>>>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > >>>>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:11:14 -0000 > >>>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bunnies are not rodents. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> On Dec 29, 2008, at 5:58 PM, Seth wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> squirrels? SQUIRRELS??? but they're rodents, f'r heav'n sake! > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> did a bloody rodent ever sit in your lap? - or lick your hand? > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>> ------ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -------------------------- > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/p06.html > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> 3 more pics (scroll) > >>>>>>> http://www.geebeephoto.com/temp/posts/squirrel.html > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> --Graham > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > >>>>>>> information > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049 "I am the radiation"