[Leica] Dave's PAW (*) 2010 #10 -- to Vince

[ausdlk at gmail.com (David Keenan)]

>You have a D700, a lensbaby, an M9, an M8.2, a Tri Elmar, an M7, and you
>shoot Tri-X at 'ISO 200' which I can't figure out, and on top of all that
>you hang out with a bunch of good-looking young slacker friends? In the
town
>where slackers were invented?  How does a man accomplish all that? (Guess:
>pact with Satan.)

Vince --

Fortunately, Beelzebub is not deeply involved in my happy circumstances
these days.

I worked my tail off for years programming PCs and building a small software
company.
Fortunately, I was able to hand to business over to an amazing manager and
leave to
do photography full-time with some money in the bank.

In my defense, the M8.2 is gone to help offset the M9. I do have a D700 and
couple of
M7s. I recently found a mint IIIf on eBay that is being CLA'd now -- I can't
wait to get my
hands on it for some mid-1900s style photography.

The Tri-Elmar used to be my favorite lens and now it appears to be worth at
least twice
what I paid for it used on eBay but it's been usurped by the Nokton 50mm
f/1.1 as my
everyday lens.

I do have a lot of younger friends -- not all slackers, mind you! It's true
though, it seems
the older I get, the younger my friends get. Damn if a lot of them are very
good looking
and like having their picture taken. Who am I to say no...?

And, finally, I thought all the cool kids exposed their Tri-X at 200... ;)

Thanks -- I got a kick out of your posting.
.
Dave.

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