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 > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/