Thanks Ted, I'm humbled by your enthusiasm.
Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
On Apr 1, 2006, at 7:12 AM, Ted Grant wrote:
> Douglas Herr showed:
> Subject: [LRflex] playing with my new toy
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/cago01.html
>>> R8/DMR, 280 f/4 APO, 1.4x APO, ISO 400<<<<
>
> "Maauuuuvolousssssssssssss! Just bloody "Maauuuuvolousssssssssssss!"
> :-)
>
> You da man Doug. when it comes to this kind of photography no question!
>
> If Leica had any brains about marketing the DMR with the camera they'd
> have
> you signed under a nice financial contract to produce a whole series of
> pictures of those beautiful wildlife images you do.
>
> After all they must have blown a huge amount of money on that dumb ass
> series of "celebrities" and their hands. What one must wonder is...
> "how
> much was spent for the hands" compared to sales it promoted? And did
> they
> get a great return in sales of equipment for the ad money investment?
>
> Now's the time for them to use a real shooter working the DMR who
> produces
> absolutely magical images with the Leica DMR digital entry gear.
>
> Your wonderful reaction time to the action while using manual focus is
> amazing! That's another battle for Leica against the competition, lack
> of
> "Auto focus!"
>
> If they were bright enough to build an ad campaign around your
> beautiful....
> "manual focus" photography they could show manual sharpness and
> beautiful
> photographs aren't the realm of the "AUTO FOCUS" only people!
>
> However, as usual for them, when they do something it'll once again be
> some
> dumb ass stupid campaign built around someone they think is great
> because
> they happen to be a celebrity! Shame.:-(
>
> WHY? Because your photography is so far a head of wildlife photography
> we
> see, certainly way beyond what Leica consider icons of the profession
> or as
> amateurs would produce! Just don't hold yer breathe old buddy! ;-)
>
> ted
>
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