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Subject: [Leica] Fwd: Re: [OM] IMG: Airport Experiment
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 07:02:32 +0100
References: <9295A0B8-17CE-4D3C-8226-F253C24D977D@gmail.com> <75947f0e-699d-b775-9dc3-5dfad5c21784@lighttube.net> <6212549B-BEF8-42C2-8E40-24CEECFEA3F9@bex.net>

My mistake? sorry Jim, and thanks Howard.

Amities

Vice-count-less Philippe



> Le 7 mars 2019 ? 23:37, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> a ?crit :
> 
> Actually, Philippe, 680 ounces is 42.5 pounds or about 19 kg. You were 
> converting 680 pounds to kg. 
> 
> A 200 mm f/4 lens weighing that much should be stable indeed. As in, 
> immovable!
> 
> ?howard
> 
>> On Mar7, 2019, at 1715, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks, Philippe, for pointing out the "old gray matter" does get tired 
>> and falter.  I weighed the lens, @ 24 ounces, went online to convert it 
>> to grams, 680 gr, and then blew it when I typed it in the bottom line.
>> 
>> But I did like the photo possibilities.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject:     Re: [OM] IMG: Airport Experiment
>> Date:        Thu, 7 Mar 2019 23:02:34 +0100
>> From:        Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To:    Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>> To:  Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Le 7 mars 2019 ? 22:54, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a ?crit 
>>> :
>>> 
>>> 680 ounces 
>> 
>> 
>> WOW !!! that?s 308 kg or a third of a ton or so, Jim - I understand you 
>> took that monopod along ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> Keep carrying and pushing iron, this shot was worth it :-)
>> 
>> Amities
>> Philippe
>> 
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Fwd: Re: [OM] IMG: Airport Experiment)
Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] Fwd: Re: [OM] IMG: Airport Experiment)