Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]PS: Lay off the pin cushion chicks for a while before you go. Bigfoot's a real fool for petchoulie. Ric On Oct 17, 2006, at 11:43 AM, Ric Carter wrote: > Kyle-- > > I'd suggest the MP since you may be far from sources of batteries. > > I'd choose the 21mm Elmarit for my single lens. The Musk Ape is > notoriously slow afoot and short of wind, so any sightings can be > followed by a short chase to get within close photo range. Also, if > the ape should turn on you, the 21 offers a generous field of > coverage to allow you to get maximum evidence when up close. > > Good hunting, mon ami. > > Ric Carter > http://gallery.leica-users.org/f/Passing-Fancies > > > On Oct 17, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> I'm going to be spending 18 days in the woods in Oregon as part >> of the PNWMAP (Pacific Northwest Musk Ape Project) documenting the >> homonid known technically referred to by scientist as >> Gigantanthropus but alternatively by lay-people as "Sasquach", >> "Skunk Ape", "Musk Ape" and, of course, Bigfoot. In meetings with >> the Bigfoot Field Research Deployment team, one of the things we >> discussed is that most images of this shy and smelly creature are >> not very sharp. It's for this reason that I've procured a grant >> for purchasing a Leica camera and a lens. I want to use a single >> lens to avoid the horror of being in the process of changing >> lenses when a Yeti emerges from a bedding path in the undergrowth >> and stalks with his loping determined stride across the narrow >> path in front of me to vanish rapidly again in the dense foilage. >> With just one lens, I can always be at the ready to capture the >> photographic evidence which will advance our studies and knowledge >> of this noble beast. >> >> My question is, givin the moist enviornment that Woods Devil >> likes to live in, what Leica camera will be the most robust in >> those circumstances and what lens will be the sharpest and most >> useful overall? -- taking into consideration that the Yowie may >> come, screaming and bellowing, into my field of view from a great >> distance or may even charge me, suddenly, in close quarters if he >> is enraged by the smell of my after shave. I want to be prepared >> for everything. Generally a herbavore, Old Yellow-Top is thought >> to be an opportunistic carnovoire, so the camera must also be able >> to withstand a possible, though extremely unlikely attack by one >> of Americas last giant apes. >> >> Thanks for your time and expertise. Also, if anyone has >> photographs they've taken or reports of sightings, I'd love to >> hear them. >> >> Kyle Cassidy >> PNWMAP, Photographic Field Research Team Coordinator >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information