Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica R lens information request from a Leica lover on a budget
From: "Bud Cook" <budcook@ibm.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 13:51:27 -0600

Dan,
I enjoy getting CLOSE to wild game.  I'd much prefer using a 90mm Elmarit to
photograph wildlife than a big cannon of a lens and an Uzi approach to
photography.
However, I don't use the closeup method with Mr. Griz or moose with a bad
attitude:-)
Bud
- -----Original Message-----
From: Dan Post <dwpost@email.msn.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica R lens information request from a Leica lover on
a budget

>Bud,
>I saw a film where a guy named Pearson was trying to bag a grizzly with a
>bow and arrow. I was amazed that the man filming the event didn't run when
>the man missed; from that point, I figured the best way to get a picture of
>a grizzly was to pay someone else to do it! I glad to know that there are
>still a few of these hardy souls that have escaped the food chain!
>Cheers,
>Dan'l
>dwpost@msn.com
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