Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think that she caught the mood of the moment! Barney Make America Gaga Again! > On Sep 29, 2018, at 11:03 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > I'm just back from Barcelona where my wife and I stayed for eight days. It > was a holiday, so I didn't focus on photography. We did meet Lluis last > Tuesday in Cafe Zurich and went for a very pleasant dinner with him on > Wednesday evening in the Juilivert Meu. As you'll see, his cloak of > invisibility interferes with the autofocus on the little Fuji. > > I was going to bring the Sony A7ii and a few Leica lenses, but the > practicalities of portability and the city's reputation for thievery > helped me decide on the Fuji. On the second day, a gang of pickpockets got > my wallet on the metro. The usual distraction first, this time by well > dressed girls who jumped on from the left just in front of us, stopped > dead, turned, and pretended to look at the route notice above the door > while pressing up against us and blocking us. I felt a lighter touch on my > right hip and, realising what was happening, grabbed a male arm by his > left wrist, and swung him around while roaring at him and the group. > Another one of the group then told me that my wallet was on the floor > behind me, picked it up and handed it to me. My wife of course thought I > was having an episode of train rage with some innocents as they were all > so well dressed, but that was soon dispelled when other passengers told > her they saw the thief throwing the wallet behind him to the floor with > his right hand when I grabbed his left. The very dapper gang all got off > at the next station with the pickpocket rubbing his arm and complaining > about my injuring him! > > After that I joined the marsupial tendency of Barcelona visitors, and kept > everything valuable in a pouch at the front. The trip was great bar that > one incident. > > ________________ > > The dangers of autofocus in the untrained hand (my wife) - meeting the > King of Zurich in Barcelona. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Spain/Barcelona+2018/Lluis+Cafe+Zurich.jpg.html > > Fuji X100S. Can be seen Large, but looks worse! > > Douglas > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information