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Subject: [Leica] IMG: What went wrong?
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:39:46 -0700
References: <674772F8-02D6-4C38-BFA9-7F56D665E0BF@acm.org> <DBF306C1-26D8-4E03-B12D-7028D959362D@icloud.com>

Thanks for mentioning that. I?ve been using an M9 for so long that I?ve lost 
the reflexes needed with these damn auto-focus toys.

Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.




On Mar 19, 2014, at 3:10 PM, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at 
icloud.com> wrote:

> 
> On Mar 19, 2014, at 3:41 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
> 
>> I?m still surprised when I can get a picture in light this low. It is a 
>> shot of Tim Robinson, the genius, both mechanical and mathematical, who 
>> is head of the group demonstrating the Babbage Difference Engine at the 
>> Computer History Museum. Without him, I don?t think we could have been 
>> demonstrating this machine five days a week since 2008. 
>> 
>> The machine jammed last week in an unusual way, and Tim, aided by his 
>> wife, Lisa, are poring through the log book, collecting historical data 
>> on similar jams.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/P1010496.jpg.html
> 
> cool story.
> 
> (looks like a classic case of auto focus focusing on the center, 
> typography, between the two subjects)
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser 
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
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> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner) ([Leica] IMG: What went wrong?)
Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] IMG: What went wrong?)