Brilliant cancer cure - kudos for that =) Leica Man's perfectly crisp and clear images are the result his ability to move his camera - invisible to the illeicarate eye - in synch with incoming light waves, thus eliminating even the slightest blur.
My feeble attempt... as opposed to Michael, I cannot use part of my name to spell Leica... illeicaracy strikes again Cheers Ecke 2009/9/21 Michael Gaudet <ok1000pentaxb...@gmail.com>: > Leica Man Facts: > > The only known cure for cancer is a cocktail made from the oil found > on old M lens aperture blades and the sweat from Leica Man's camera > strap. > > Leica Man once pushed his film ten stops to correct from underexposure > when he left the cover on his lens for a whole roll of film. The > resulting images were as perfectly clear as if they were taken on a > sunny day, with very little grain. This is an undocumented feature of > every Leica camera. > > In 1992 while touring Central America, Leica Man once focused his > camera on a speeding bullet, while simultaneously frothing milk for > his capuccino--using only the same index finger on his right hand. > This is a documented feature of the M6, although they only specify > "afternoon tea." > > > eckinator wrote: >> This calls for www.leicamanfacts.com ... >> Cheers >> Ecke >> >> 2009/9/19 Bob W <p...@web-options.com>: >> >>> Everybody's favourite camera reviewer has written an extremely amusing >>> review of the Leica M9: >>> http://www.kenrockwell.com/leica/m9.htm >>> >>> With the zeal of the convert he writes >>> >>> "The Leica photographer is always the master of his own light; he has no >>> need for the [...] tricks of lesser cameras." >>> >>> "Leica follows my recommendation not to use Adobe RGB [...]" >>> >>> "Image Stabilization >>> The Leica man knows how to hold his camera. He is never flustered, no matter >>> what may be going on around him." >>> >>> "The LEICA's image stabilization comes from the quiet, unflappable >>> confidence inherent in every Leica photographer." >>> >>> "Thank goodness, the M9 has no mode to put moving images up on the rear LCD >>> as you shoot. This would be inconceivably stupid for the LEICA photographer, >>> even if popular with lesser men" >>> >>> "The Leica man is always a participant, never a spectator. In Cannes, he >>> uses his M9 to snap photos as he or his friends accept the distinction of >>> the Palme d'Or" >>> >>> "When you shoot the LEICA, you know your photos are perfect. The Leica man >>> never wastes his shooting time looking back at what he just shot; his eyes >>> are always looking for his next great photo" >>> >>> "The Leica man doesn't care to view his images on-camera. He more often sees >>> his images on the walls of the Guggenheim, MoMA or the Whitney. While out >>> and about, the Leica photographer sees his own work on the front covers of >>> magazines, billboards and on album covers. Why would he bother looking at a >>> little LCD?" >>> >>> "Weather sealing: none. If the Leica man needs photos from unpleasant >>> locations, he has someone go there for him." >>> >>> "The LEICA is a tool used by the world's greatest photographers. It is not a >>> video game that shoots movies, records sound or makes phone calls" >>> >>> "Thank goodness I never bothered to have any of my classic LEICA lenses >>> butchered by hacking them with the old 6-bit code from the M8 days!" >>> >>> And finally: >>> >>> "Since I started shooting Leica optics at the end of 2008 [...]" >>> >>> "When my LEICA M9 arrives [...]" > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
