Re: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-21 Thread mike wilson
Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 19/9/09, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Everybody's favourite camera reviewer has written an extremely amusing review of the Leica M9: http://www.kenrockwell.com/leica/m9.htm Included with the LEICA M9 10 704 and 10 705 LEICA M9 body and body

Re: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-21 Thread Ken Waller
Ken is right about one thing: Your images will be better. MARK ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com Subject: Re: OT: The Leica Man Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 19/9/09, Bob W, discombobulated

RE: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-21 Thread Michael Gaudet
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

Re: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-21 Thread eckinator
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

RE: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-20 Thread Desjardins, Steve
Subject: Re: OT: The Leica Man On 19/9/09, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Everybody's favourite camera reviewer has written an extremely amusing review of the Leica M9: http://www.kenrockwell.com/leica/m9.htm Included with the LEICA M9 10 704 and 10 705 LEICA M9 body and body cap 14 195

Re: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-20 Thread eckinator
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

Re: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-20 Thread Desjardins, Steve
OTOH, this guy has to be funning us. It's written so much like a parody. Steve Desjardins - Original Message - From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net pdml-boun...@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sun Sep 20 07:46:24 2009 Subject: RE: OT: The Leica Man Well, I do hate

RE: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-20 Thread Bob W
Sep 20 07:46:24 2009 Subject: RE: OT: The Leica Man Well, I do hate it when I'm off to the Vinyard and my battery gets low . . . LOL. What a Schmuck ;-) From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Cotty [cotty...@mac.com

Re: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-20 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't know, I think he's attempting to be self mocking but based on everything else he's written, who can tell... 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

Re: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-20 Thread P. J. Alling
-boun...@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sun Sep 20 07:46:24 2009 Subject: RE: OT: The Leica Man Well, I do hate it when I'm off to the Vinyard and my battery gets low . . . LOL. What a Schmuck ;-) From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net

RE: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-20 Thread Desjardins, Steve
List Subject: Re: OT: The Leica Man It's become pretty much the standard 12v outlet in the US. Bob W wrote: The yacht/limo charger is a real thing. With the M8 (and the M9 it seems) you get a thing you can plug into a car lighter socket to recharge your batteries. It's a useful thing - even

Re: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-19 Thread Larry Colen
I'm trying very hard to tell how much of his tongue is embedded in his cheek. -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen l...@red4est.comhttp://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML

RE: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-19 Thread Bob W
I'm trying very hard to tell how much of his tongue is embedded in his cheek. Oh, all of it, I think. He does seem to have become a Leica convert but he is firmly sending himself up. I think. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-19 Thread P. J. Alling
For Kennyboy that is subtle. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: Re: OT: The Leica Man I'm trying very hard to tell how much of his tongue is embedded in his cheek. Unfortunately with Kenny Boy, what you see is what you get. I don't think he has

Re: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: OT: The Leica Man For Kennyboy that is subtle. He is of the old school when it comes to humour, it seems. IIIRC, Larry, Curly and Moe came from the same place. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: Re: OT: The Leica Man I'm trying very hard to tell how much of his tongue is embedded in his cheek. Unfortunately with Kenny Boy, what you see is what you get. I don't think he has the mentality for subtle humour. William Robb

Re: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-19 Thread Doug Franklin
Bob W wrote: Oh, all of it, I think. He does seem to have become a Leica convert but he is firmly sending himself up. I think. Um, no, I don't think so. Read all of the old stuff on his site. He's serious. Or he's the best parody writer in history. I mean, c'mon, this is a guy that

Re: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-19 Thread Cotty
On 19/9/09, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Everybody's favourite camera reviewer has written an extremely amusing review of the Leica M9: http://www.kenrockwell.com/leica/m9.htm Included with the LEICA M9 10 704 and 10 705 LEICA M9 body and body cap 14 195. Battery 14 464. Compact charger

RE: OT: The Leica Man

2009-09-19 Thread John Sessoms
Yep. Ken Rockwell is who Chuck Norris wants to be when he grows up. From: Bob W verybody'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