John,
Perhaps next February instead of having "The Camera Olympics" we should have a "Camera Halloween Ball."
The R8-Diesel is a Leica built "Monster." They don't build old German cameras like they use to. "This rig is brutal," I say. "Diesel" is so big and chubby that it does not need a grip. Also it has a nasty knickname by people who hate the design: "The Hunchback Of Solms."
Then there is "Beauty And The Beast," the merging of a minty Shelf Queen black SL2-MOT with a black SL@ in "Street Fighter Condition" (SFC) into one exceptional camera. This is a Calzone original: Who else would do such a thing?
My rigged out M's with TA Rapidwinders and Rapidgrips try to look like Nikon F3P's, but now on my camera shelves in the "Camera Museum" they are looking rather small. The Leica IIIG kinda looks almost invisible.
I'm jones-sing for another Noct-Nikkor, and might have to day trade some gear. In May a Nikon D3X.
BTW It seems like I'm printing so much that every two weeks I have to refill my carts with ink. The gloss overcoat gets drained rather quickly, and next are the mid tones.
Finally I need to learn to spot in LR5. I still have about $1.2K in credit at Digital Silver Imaging. and will be maxing out in size, even though I no longer have money for framing. I'll be getting a 30x40 and 40x60 from an exceptional file. I found another shot that has higher IQ than the one of the 5 cars in Columbus Circle. This new shot displays more detail and features a double decker bus that is mirror imaged and looking to crash into itself.
Mark Cuban once said, "Go big, or don't go."
Cal
