Re: Mardi Gras Leica report

Hello Sonny,

I'm sorry I didn't have time to hang out more.  I had about an hour and a half 
to take photos before I had to be on the road back home so I was rushing 
around. On the card was full I went back to the car. 

On Leica spotting:  I met one woman with a M6 and a dual range Summicron on St. 
Charles and another woman carrying two DSLRs (thus probably a pro) on Napoleon 
but with a Konica Hexar rangefinder over one shoulder too.  I was shooting a 
Leica CL with a Cosina-Voigtlander 28mm earlier on St. Charles but left it in 
the car while using the Nikon in the French Quarter.  

I have a link to some of the photos (not sorted yet) at 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71357964@N00/

Most were with a 50mm lens on a D70.  My "good" 24mm developed a sticky 
aperture so I used an older manual focus 24mm from the 80's on the Nikon D70 
but it wouldn't meter.  Good lens though.  I think they fixed that metering 
problem on the D300 but it is annoying not to have basic stop down metering 
when trying to shoot fast.  I will add the Leica shots from the CL later.

Do you have more from the M8?  Looking forward to seeing those.

John 


-----Original Message-----
>From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Feb 8, 2008 9:28 AM
>To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Mardi Gras Leica report
>
>Saw several Leicas on Fat Tuesday.  One guy with two M6, one with a Summaron
>35.  One parader (sans camera)  said, "I've got that same camera!,"
>pointing to my M8.   I shot all day with just the M8 and 28mm asph.  What a
>sweet lens!  It handles just like my fav 35mm Summicron.   I was working the
>crowd at near minimum focusing distance much of the time.
>
>Jeffery called in sick, so it was left to Chris Williams and I to cover St.
>Ann and Royal Street.  John Shaw joined us for a while, shooting a Nikon.
>
>A guy with an M8 spotted me, and pointed to a nearby woman shooting an M7..
>
>
>http://www.sonc.com/leica_nola.htm
>
>His shirt says "I <3 Nola Yo!"
>-- 
>Regards,
>
>Sonny
>http://www.sonc.com
>Natchitoches, Louisiana
>USA


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