Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jerry, The photo I posted was taken about 1/2 hour after the spill. Immediately following the spill, I put the camera in the backpack but after a few minutes I got tired of it, reminded myself of the Passport warranty I have, and put the camera back around my neck so I could use it. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On May 11, 2009, at 11:12 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Nathan, > > If you had not braked and had hit the "sturdy" woman right in front > of you, the results might have been faaaar worse! :-) > > Jerry. > > > grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: >> Nathan, >> >> >> Glad to hear you, (and the M8) are OK. Are you trying to catch up >> with Tina as the most accident prone LUG member? Seriously, let's >> not do this again, it can get much more painful, and we'd hate to >> hear of you going to the hospital. ;-) The photo, by the way is >> an interesting perspective. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Gene -------------- Original message from Nathan Wajsman <photo at >> frozenlight.eu >> >: -------------- >> >> >> >>> We went for a bicycle ride along the beach yesterday. As always >>> on those occasions, the M8 was around my neck with the widest >>> lens I own mounted on it (the 18mm Zeiss), set for f8 and >>> hyperfocal distance. I would photograph while riding. I have done >>> this on several earlier occasions. However, yesterday I >>> discovered a couple of things: >>> >>> - when you brake hard with just the left hand on the handlebar, >>> the results are not good ;-) >>> - the M8 is as sturdy as earlier M cameras (I did protect it when >>> going down, but the baseplate hit the bicycle and the ground, >>> albeit not that hard) >>> - road rash hurts but is curable with single malt >>> >>> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#533527099_VbMuz-O-LB >>> >>> When we came home, I put the 75mm on the M8, set it at f2.5 and >>> took some close-ups of my medicine cabinet (aka the rack of >>> single malts in our living room) to make sure the rangefinder was >>> not knocked out of alignment. It was fine. >>> >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information