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Subject: [Leica] The Light in Ndutu
From: robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:55:14 -0500
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Lovely shots, Howard.  I like them both, but especially the first.

I am interested to know you all had difficulties with the menus on the
Olympus E-M1.  I have one 'on approval' from B&H and if there is one reason
I will return it, it is the menu system.

--Bob


On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:22 AM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
> As you have seen with the wonderful action photos taken by Jayanand and
> Alastair there was lots to see and photograph in Tanzania.
> The time of day that I liked the best was the early morning - leaving the
> lodge with Venus, the morning star, blazing overhead -
> and heading out before the sunrise. The light was remarkable at that time
> of day and hopefully we have pictures to prove it.
>
> Here are a couple - taken on our last morning run - on the 11th day - as
> the full moon was setting on the horizon and the sun rise glowing behind
> our back as we faced the moon set.
>
> First with gazelles and a crane flying by:
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Tanza2014/MoonsetTGazelleCrane.jpg.html
> >
>
> and second a jeep added to the mix:
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Tanza2014/MoonsetJeepDay11.jpg.html
> >
>
> All my safari pictures were taken with my just acquired Fuji XT 1 (I
> bought it in Japan one day before the official release - that is another
> story) and the 55 - 200 zoom lens. Esther's pictures were taken with the
> Olympus EM 1 and the Panasonic 100 - 300 zoom. Helen also had the EM 1 and
> she and Alastair and Esther and me wrestled with the menus throughout the
> holiday. I preferred the pictures from the Fuji but the EM 1 was faster to
> operate. Neither system was fast enough in continuous AF to give Nikon
> designers any worry.
>
> Please look large. C&C always welcome.
>
> Howard (in Vancouver helping babysit #1 grandson - Miss O's little brother)
>
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