Re: A chance encounter with the digilux 2

Mark,
 There was a float going by loaded with women who were wearing nothing but
some paint. And not much of that!
Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Bohrer" <lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: A chance encounter with the digilux 2


> I had an easy time transitioning through Fuji S1 and Nikon D1H to EOS 1D
> and 10D dSLRs because they're all so 35mm camera-like. I can't imagine
> using an electronic viewfinder unless it's very, very good. And it doesn't
> sound like the Digilux is that good. Oh well, just have to wait for the
> digital M or Epson-Cosina to use my M-lenses with digital. Meantime I'm
> using them on M6 TTL and M7 and rediscovering film. Cool stuff!
>
> I last went to the San Francisco Carnaval Parade in the Mission District
> many years ago. Do the women still wear the floss-bikinis and heavy makeup
> and is the music still as happy, Bill?
>
>
> At 04:16 PM 5/31/2004, you wrote:
> >Yesterday I went with some Leica-mates to do street photography at the
big
> >Carnaval parade and festival in San Francisco's Mission district. I
> >discovered that the stranger on my left in the crowd was shooting with a
> >Digilux 2. Although he was a French tourist we were able to exchange the
> >usual pleasantries about the other's good taste in brand of camera.
Curious
> >to try the Digilux, I offered him a chance to make a few pics with my M3/
> >90mm TE. He passed the solid state wonder to me. I found it difficult to
> >maintain my friendly composure and nearly was unable to resist a cry of
> >merde! The Digilux seemed like a cheap plastic toy compared to the heft
of
> >the M3. The electronic viewfinder was a cruel joke. A toy telescope would
> >run circles around that grainy little window. I can't believe the Digilux
> >has been widely praised by M owners. The only  digital camera I have used
is
> >the Canon 300D. IMO, a much more serious camera than that silly digi.
> >
> >Donning my flameproof suit and helmet,
> >Bill Lawlor
> >
> >
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