Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This sounds like a fisherman's tale of 'the one that got away'!! But what a sight that would have been! The Russians have special departments where psychic transfer of images to film are explored, with little success it has to be said, but some very strange and special people can manage some feats in this area... You could always 'give it a whirl' yourself, but don't hold your breath! Jem > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Christensen [SMTP:kangwei@interaccess.com] > > Greg, > > That reminds me of an image that got away. Eight years ago, I was > shooting > killer whales off the coast of Alaska. When the boat captain announced > that > we would pull away in a few minutes, I squeezed off several shots on > dorsel > fins. Not too exciting. When the captain started the engine, a killer > whale breached filling the frame of my 560 lens. I hit the shutter > button. > Nothing happened. The R body was out of film. The mental image of the > breach is still magnificent. The trick is how to scan it onto film. > > Bill Christensen > >