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New York October Meet Up Date?
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Range-rover
Veteran
I think it's the same day as photo expo on Saturday Nov 1st, but that's
the end/beginning of the October, November. but it could be earlier.
Bob
the end/beginning of the October, November. but it could be earlier.
Bob
jsrockit
Moderator
The meet-ups on the same day as the Expo don't work very well since most go to the expo on Saturday and we spend hours there.
How about October 26th?
How about October 26th?
Range-rover
Veteran
Sounds good but I have to see after this week. Listen guy's make it
a day that's good for you all.
Bob
a day that's good for you all.
Bob
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
GEAR ALERT: I just got back my black paint MP with 0.85 VF'er from Sherry. Had the camera overhauled and the 75mm frames striped out. What a hot camera, especially with the black paint 35 Cron ASPH.
Cal
Cal
stompyq
Well-known
I think the 26th works for me.
JMQ
Well-known
Oh you lucky devil!
jsrockit
Moderator
Sounds very nice Cal...
NY_Dan
Well-known
Climbing back on my Herman Miller computer chair...
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
The MP is more refined than my old Wetzlar M6 that I tried to upgrade and modify into a MP class M-body. Even though it just got overhauled and hasn't settled in yet. The MP is a better camera in every way: smoother; quieter; and the shutter release is softer with less of a detent.
The brassing is very light considering the MP dates back to 2004 and now is a decade old. Looks killer with my new black paint 35 Cron ASPH. Without the 75mm frames and with the 0.85 VF'er this rig is ultimized for a 50, but I find the added magnification makes the focus faster when shooting a 35.
Saturday I walked to Sin City in the South Bronx to discover a sandwitch board advertising the "Itty Bitty Titty Contest" on October 12th. The grand prize is a boob job. You can't make this stuff up. LOL. Anyways took some shots with the rooftop neon sign that says "Topless Go-Go Girls."
Sunday's best shot was in Downtown Crooklyn. I engaged with a black man who wore this black t-shirt that said "Don't Shoot: I'm Black." He wore a hat, and I asked to do a street portrait. I took the shot with a 50 like I would with a 28 meaning a very tight torso shot from perhaps 7 feet. Took two shots and then took two of the back where there was a list of black men who were shot dead by police. In the first shot I took my subject had his mouth open because he was speaking, but it was as if he was saying, "Don't Shoot," as I shot him at point blank range with my 50. Unfortunately this is a timely image that seems to be a repeated and somehow is timeless.
Cal
The brassing is very light considering the MP dates back to 2004 and now is a decade old. Looks killer with my new black paint 35 Cron ASPH. Without the 75mm frames and with the 0.85 VF'er this rig is ultimized for a 50, but I find the added magnification makes the focus faster when shooting a 35.
Saturday I walked to Sin City in the South Bronx to discover a sandwitch board advertising the "Itty Bitty Titty Contest" on October 12th. The grand prize is a boob job. You can't make this stuff up. LOL. Anyways took some shots with the rooftop neon sign that says "Topless Go-Go Girls."
Sunday's best shot was in Downtown Crooklyn. I engaged with a black man who wore this black t-shirt that said "Don't Shoot: I'm Black." He wore a hat, and I asked to do a street portrait. I took the shot with a 50 like I would with a 28 meaning a very tight torso shot from perhaps 7 feet. Took two shots and then took two of the back where there was a list of black men who were shot dead by police. In the first shot I took my subject had his mouth open because he was speaking, but it was as if he was saying, "Don't Shoot," as I shot him at point blank range with my 50. Unfortunately this is a timely image that seems to be a repeated and somehow is timeless.
Cal
jsrockit
Moderator
That's awesome...
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
I thought it was awesome too, but "Maggie" thought it was too vulgar.
To me that's the point.
Cal
jsrockit
Moderator
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
John,
Part of urban living. LOL.
When we first moved to LIC we had Thanksgiving dinner at the Court Square Dinner because we were in the process of moving in. From the window where we were sitting in the dinner "Maggie" made a comment that there was a convenient video store in our new rundown neighborhood, but I made the point that it was not the kind of video store that she imagined and that they featured triple-X and "Adult films." LOL.
Later I would learn from my next door neighbor that not long ago street walkers patroled right in front of our house.
Cal
NY_Dan
Well-known
I suggest the next NYC meeting be held at the Itty Bitty contest in the South Bronx on 10/12. Anyone second the motion?
jsrockit
Moderator
A late night meet-up Dan?
NY_Dan
Well-known
Whenever the shows starts, doesn't have to be a big meeting, itty bitty will do -- maybe we can have before and after meetings.
thambar
Shouldn't it be sharper?
Was Oct 12 a bust?
dshfoto
Well-known
I thought the meetup was on for the 26th at Puck Fair???
Particular
Disassembler, occasional reassembler
It is. The 12th was a Cal and Dan joke. (I'm sure they had a good time, I was futsing with my scanner that night).
