Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/19

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Subject: [Leica] Those egrets? They ARE related to dinosaurs
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Wed May 19 15:21:33 2004

Adam Bridge <abridge@dcn.org> wrote:

> I'm still having a dickens of a time learning too focus [the 560]. The depth of
> field wide open can be very narrow. And for some reason the R8 exposure meter is
> at least one stop, maybe two, too fast.

Sounds like the R8 needs the 3rd cam to meter properly.  Dave Elwell tells me adding the 3rd cam to the Televit is $100

> As to the raptor - the wings were white underneath with black and it had a
> beautiful gray cap.

The male Harrier has similar coloration.

> That field was incredibly alive with activity - there were great blue herons out
> in the middle, and circling raptors of several species.

Wish I could have seen it.  Sounds like you had fun watching the activity.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com