Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know about close focusing, but when I got my Celestron 500mm/5,6 I promptly bolted it to my SL and took it out on the pier, ostensibly to fish, but I was almost 100m from the beach, and some girls still spotted me glomming the beach and taking pictures of them ( All who seemed to spot me, waved, and jumped up and down!). Maybe it was the orange letters spelling 'Celestron' on the side of the lens, or the Red Dot!) BTW- I did get a fish picture- a large shark caught by my younger brother... I will email that image to interested sharkologists! Dan :o}~ - ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Keene/Karen Shehade <kabob@tiac.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] 500mm reflex blues > I've seen pictures like these.... > > I don't think they belong on the LUG..... > > Send them to me; privately at: > > everybody'sPervert@closeupthings.net > > Bob (hehehehehehehe) Keene > > >------------------------------ > > > >Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:46:34 +0200 > >From: Martin Howard <marho@ikp.liu.se> > >Subject: Re: [Leica] 500mm reflex blues > > > >Kent Jon Peters wrote: > >> > >> > > Why the heck didn't Leica make their 500mm reflex focus nearer > >> > > than 4 metres? > >> > > > >> > It's a "girl watcher" lens! > >> > >> What if the girl is closer than 4 metres??!!!!! Cripes! Kent > > > >If you're using a 500mm reflex lens to take pictures of women closer > >than 4m, you've got problems. Serious problems. ;) > > > > > >M. > >