Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A great collection! You have some real diverse personalities there. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 8/19/2016 12:29 PM, Jeff Moore wrote: > The SL is an excellent camera. It's biggish, and heavy, and its first > available system lens (the 24-90) is huge... but the camera and lens > are both truly top-notch. The SL is the only electronic-viewfinder > camera I've used in which I notice no lag between what's happening in > the world and the picture I see in the viewfinder. It's like a bionic > SLR - you see what the lens and sensor are seeing, but it brightens up > your view in dim light, and can magnify to help with manual focus > (say, of your existing M lenses). The autofocus lens made for the SL, > though, nails focus quickly and with shocking reliability. > > I rented an SL (because it is quite expensive) to take these pictures: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/jbm0/sets/72157665752167155/ > > Aside from the size and weight issues, there are very few downsides to > the SL, and it's actually a superb camera for a photographer whose > eyes are no longer as good as they used to be at nailing focus. > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 9:52 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >> The Leica SL is the one I've been using lately. Almost all of the Iran >> photos were made with the SL. High ISOs are wonderful with a film-like >> grain instead of noise. It's the best digital camera Leica has made. I >> only have one SL lens - the 24 to 90, but it does take all Leica M and R >> lenses with adapters. I don't regret buying it!! >> >> Tina >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 5:33 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: >>> >>> A friend sent me a sort of flyer on a new SLR LEICA "LEICA SL" model. >>> >>> ISO RATE? 50 to 50,000 >>> Like with that kind of sensitivity???? "WHO NEEDS LIGHT?" A quick look >>> through advertisment and it truly appears as a "magical machine? It's >>> also? Mirrorless? >>> Seems like lots of other cool bits, buttons & thing-mee-bobs! >>> Maybe some of you have heard of it or quite possibly played with one? >>> Another interesting bit? With an adapter you can use "M-lenses"??????? >>> Oh and there were all kinds of new stuff? >>> HOWEVER I DID NOT SEE A PRICE???????? :-( Oh well can't afford one >>> anyway! :-( >>> cheers, >>> Dr. Ted >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On >>> Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman >>> Sent: August-15-16 9:32 PM >>> To: Leica Users Group >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Louisiana >>> >>> ++++1 >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >>> YNWA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 16 Aug 2016, at 04:05, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at >>>> icloud.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Good to hear you and yours are still fine. >>>> Thank you for sharing that powerful, first hand narrative. >>>> >>>> a note off the iPad, George >>>> >>>> On Aug 15, 2016, at 6:06 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> We're fine, so far, no flooding in our area. Some in Adam's neck of >>>>> the >>>>> swamp, Iowa, La. near Lake Charles, but his subdivision is built on an >>>>> old >>>>> rice field, and though the soil holds water, it also drains well. >>>>> >>>>> Eric is fine in New Orleans, he's had to work from home some as the >>>>> streets >>>>> have some flooding, but his house is pretty high, and his apt. is on >>>>> the >>>>> second floor. >>>>> >>>>> Kathy works for Public Health, and she's likely to go staff shelters >>>>> soon. >>>>> >>>>> I won't mince words, this is a serious disaster. >>>>> >>>>> So far more than 20,000 people are evacuated from their homes. The >>>>> worst >>>>> is around Baton Rouge, and in the Lafayette area. >>>>> >>>>> More rain today. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you for your concern. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *The following is not my writing!* >>>>> >>>>> *from Louisiana Voice, a blog I follow:* >>>>> >>>>> Following a leisurely breakfast Saturday morning, we looked out the >>>>> front >>>>> door to see water from the Amite River (a mile from my house) coming >>>>> across >>>>> the street. >>>>> >>>>> That was all the warning we got after feeling confident the night >>>>> before >>>>> that we were in no peril. We scrambled to throw some clothing into >>>>> garbage >>>>> bags, gathered our medications and put our dogs on leashes as the water >>>>> poured into the home where we had been living the past 22 years. >>>>> >>>>> Shortly after, a flotilla from the West Baton Rouge Sheriff?s >>>>> Department >>>>> (that?s West Baton Rouge, as in across two rivers?the Amite and the >>>>> Mississippi?and two parishes to the west of us) arrived as we >>>>> struggled to >>>>> raise heavy furniture. The deputy who came to our door told us it was >>>>> useless because the water was going to go much higher than where we >>>>> were >>>>> trying to raise it. He helped be complete the task anyway?something he >>>>> didn?t have to do, but did anyway out of compassion for our plight >>>>> which >>>>> was growing more desperate by the minute. >>>>> >>>>> He helped carry our bags of clothing and our small dog and I bodily >>>>> carried >>>>> our Chow-Golden Retriever mix through the filthy, swirling water that >>>>> was >>>>> by now deeper than the tops of my white shrimp boots (a required part >>>>> of >>>>> the uniform if you live in South Louisiana). Needless to say the >>>>> weight of >>>>> two boots filled with brown river water made jumping onto tho flotilla >>>>> impossible so a pair of deputies bodily lifted me aboard even as an >>>>> untimely cramp in my right calf prohibited me from being of much help >>>>> to my >>>>> own rescue. >>>>> >>>>> Once aboard, another smaller boat pulled alongside carrying a family >>>>> with a >>>>> special needs teenage boy. His wheelchair was lifted onto the flotilla >>>>> and >>>>> his father, who lived behind our home on an adjacent street, lifted his >>>>> helpless, diapered atrophied son and placed him gingerly onto his >>>>> wheelchair. It was as I watched that boy, unable to even raise his head >>>>> that I came to the realization that even though I was losing my home, >>>>> both >>>>> vehicles, my record collection, my books and my computer, our losses >>>>> were >>>>> insignificant. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Jim Hemenway <jim at hemenway.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Has anyone heard from Sonny Carter? >>>>>> >>>>>> Is he on high ground down there in Louisiana/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Jim >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Sonny >>>>> http://sonc.com/look/ >>>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>>>> 1714 >>>>> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase >>>>> >>>>> USA >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >