I'm sure everything in OZ could put a Texan to shame. skiters, snakes,
spiders, sand burs, ticks, scorpions, beer, hats, grass fires, train tracks,
belching, beans, farts, fire ants, and self aggrandizement.
Thankfully I live in the small state of enlightenment in the north east.
WayneS
At 11/17/2011 03:35 PM, you wrote:
>There was an original - the first model - that had interchangeable lenses;
>three of them. it is now rather rare and pricey.
>Texas does indeed refer to size because the Texans keep banging on about how
>big they are. They don't know the meaning of 'big'. We've got cattle stations
>(ranches) bigger than Texas.
>Andrew Fildes
>afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>On 18/11/2011, at 12:32 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> I had assumed this camera was new but, in checking at B&H, I see that no
>> Fuji film bodies are offered any more. Where does "Texas Leica" come
>> from? I assume Texas refers to its size. Perhaps the quality of the
>> camera inspires the Leica moniker but the GW690 is a fixed lens camera.
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