Re: [Leica] 560 telyt day

[Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>]

Head on, mon ami, head on! ;-)
ted
Barney Quinn asked:
> Ted,
> 
> Which end of the calf? :-)
> 
> Barney<<<<<<
> 
> 
> On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 07:18 PM, Ted Grant wrote:
> 
> > Frank Filippone wrote:
> >>> Yes, but as one that does not yet have the lens, I am trying to make 
> >>> the
> > buy
> >> decision....  and it is not easy with a lens this unique in its 
> >> focusing
> >> technique.....<<<<
> >
> > Hi Frank,
> > I just popped out of the darkroom for some R&R and saw your post re:
> > questions on the 400 and 560, hopefully the 6.8 which I used for many 
> > years
> > covering Olympics and other sports events. Before I switched to 280 
> > 2.8 and
> > 400 2.8 and extenders.
> >
> > Great glass, super easy to use... try focusing on a calf running at 
> > you full
> > tilt with a cowboy on horse back chasing it down to rope during the 
> > Calgary
> > Stampede using the 560 slide barrel pushing in the opposite direction 
> > to the
> > critter running at you.
> >
> > In other words, critter running at me.... slide barrel being pushed at 
> > the
> > critter keeping it infocus, with a weird kind of in yer mind 
> > feeling....
> > "shouldn't I be pulling this slide barrel back the way the calf is 
> > running
> > at me?" ;-)
> >
> > Nope and I held the calf in focus until the cowboy tossed him down. 
> > Using
> > the sliding barrel is so smooth and simple to use it's amazing how 
> > accurate
> > it is after a very short time of shooting.
> >
> > I used mine always with a motor-driven Leica SLR of the day, pistol 
> > grip
> > equipped with electric micro switch connected to the motor and tubular
> > shoulder brace. It was a heck of sight when covering a State visit of 
> > some
> > dignitary and certainly drove the Mounties crazy whenever I pointed it 
> > in
> > the direction of the Queen during one of Her Royal visits. ;-)
> >
> > Man it looked like a major size weapon. On more than one occasion the 
> > image
> > in the view finder disappeared and when I looked up there would be a 
> > "very
> > large member of the RCMP" standing right in front of me and lens.
> >
> > But what a great lens assembly for action; sports, people, cars and 
> > other
> > fast moving objects. And a slow shutter speed is a piece of cake once 
> > you
> > acquire the hang of using the lens, shoulder brace and motor!  
> > Actually used
> > the 560  @ 1/15th during the closing ceremonies of the 1972 Summer 
> > Olympics
> > in Munich. Perfect colour slide and exposure! ;-) Hand held with 
> > shoulder
> > brace.
> >
> > Look, you wont go wrong with this slide barrel lens, either 400 or 
> > 560, heck
> > if you can find them both and have the funds, get them both! As sure 
> > as heck
> > as soon as you have it in your hands you'll go nuts until you have 
> > both.
> >
> > I've done macro using the "barrel extender" locked in the middle of the
> > barrel and a macro adapter between lens and camera body! Cool stuff! 
> > :-)
> > Don't worry there's going to be some folks tell you it can't be 
> > done.... It
> > can, just do it! ;-) And you get the neatest looking images!
> >
> > At worse, if you buy it and find you don't like it ...... sell it for a
> > profit! ;-)
> >
> > And don't worry about having to use a tripod all the time... throw the
> > tripod away and just hand hold it, shoot away and have some major fun 
> > taking
> > pictures the likes you've never done before. :-)
> >
> > Trust me, would I lie to you? ;-)
> >
> > ted
> >
> > Samples from the Women in Medicine project:
> > http://www.sandycarterphotography.com/WIMcollagePage.htm
> >
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