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Thanks D, Old news for me, but i'm sure Harvey and that other

geezer will find something to complain about....

Geeeezzz this place never ceases to amaze me. A fellow

photographer passes you a link to beautiful work of other

photographers and he is accused of low standards. I think

Harvey's been watching too much Coronation Street.

Darkies??? Where are you coming from? Is this some kind of

midcentury colonialism with stiff upper lip chappies website?

And to critisize how a photographer would want a viewer to look

at his work? That is how its done. That is how any photographer

would plan for his work to be seen, in a sequence, a story.

He is the boss. He sets the tone. Not you. You are just a viewer.

PS. Derek, It's a great website magazine. I'll keep it in my

favorites.

Well Patrick, I don't know if I should thank you for that link or what

Definately not for the faint of heart. To think that that goes on in

the world makes me want to vomit but, I guess I shouldn't be that

naive. God help us but, I suppose God has got nothing to do

with it. And I thought I was having a bad day. Powerful.

Best,

Richard Brown

Mr West,

Very refreshing. You could almost hear a pin drop with the first

few photos (bride getting dressed). It is nice to see a

non-western wedding. I would like to see more, maybe of the

ceremony. I bet it was a great experience for you coming from

fashion where everything is so, so set up and contrived. Keep

up the good work.

Best,

Richard Brown

Powerful......

Thank's for the link.....

Hi Zibadun,

I have one for sale. If you are interested, e-mail me today or

tomorrow . I am in the US.

Thanks,

Richard

richardvbrown@earthlink.net

Hi Travis,

The FM3A is a fine piece of gear. Good for travel (light weight)

nice match needle metering, works W/O batteries. Hot shoe on

the pentaprism. The only draw back is 93% frame coverage, not

that big a problem but sill.

As for toughness, it is about as tough as you are.

So, if you want a boy's camera go for the FM3A.

If you want a man's camera, go for the F3P

100% frame coverage, hot shoe on the pentaprism, better seals.

You do lose a few extras though, like no self timer or multiple

exposures. Do a google search, I'm sure you'll find something.

Lenses: I can vouch for two; the 28mm F2.8AIS the ais has the

CRC System (close range correction). Outstanding lens. The

black & white tonality is just breathtaking, sharp to the corners.

Lens hood HN-1. The other Nikkor lens is the 105mm 2.5. I've

had two of these, one was a AIS, (sold it). The one I have now is

of Vietnam vintage 60's which has the metal barrel and I believe

less coatings on the optics. I love this lens. A little bit lower

contrast in black & white but, easy to fix in photoshop and, a little

cooler for color chromes.

Best, Richard

First of all, sorry about the typo. Secondly, Crackers - you are

losing me a bit. It was a bad week. The protesters were young,

idealistic kids who got beat up by bullies who totally disrepected

them and what they came to protest for: jobs and human rights

throughout the western hemisphere, etc. The picture you are

showing is hard to look at. If that was my daughter I would be

upset to say the least. Did you take that photo or did you pull it

from somewhere else? If you did not take the shot, and pulled it

from somewhere else.....that's not good. You have to respect

other peoples work who may not want it on here. I am a

documentary photographer. I just document what I see in the

best possible way as I see it....the lighting, the film, the

exposure...I just experiment. Sometimes I think I should not put

anything on the Leica forum as it just rocks the boat too much.

Best, Richard