Our dear mod in a dimly lit restaurant taken with a Leica M246+50 APO.

I spent a day with Casey. He accompanied me to the Leica office where I was lent a Leica SL demo unit to test in time for when I got back for the SL launch in Manila. I only had a brief relationship with the SL and will write about it in a different post.

It's always special to meet a long time online friend for the very first time. You know things will turn out well when you see a person for the first time and get that feeling that you've known that person for a long time. So it was with Casey. The shift from online to "offline" was very seamless. I guess this is what PPro friendship is all about.

We talked about many things. Watches, yeah.. I had to take a look at his IWC perp. When I showed him my 372, he said, oh yeah, I already noticed it when we first saw each other... to think I was hiding it inside my sleeve. Traits of a WIS I tell you.

There was camera talk of course. I was very impressed with his Fuji and how it handled in low light... not really a surprise. I think low light performance is one of Fuji's long time strength. We also discussed about Leica Manila opening their gallery with a two-man show from yours truly and a good friend. I'll have to share the details of that in another post.

Life gets in the way and it does prevent one from participating in the forum in a more involved manner. But nothing like meeting a friend from PPro to reignite things.

Best,

Echi