Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/12/15

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Subject: [Leica] No one cares how difficult it is to get that image....
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 12:22:59 -0600
References: <CAF8hL-H+9vYPu8zKGnLsU=1yytX+2LVAK2H+ddkgZ7SJRQWLpw@mail.gmail.com>

That's a nice rig, but I can see it would be quite a load for a long haul.

On 12/15/19 12:16 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> Even by my standards, this is pretty crazy. This is why I go to the gym,
> LoL.
>
> Worth it? Who knows. I live for the experience. Heh.
>
> I carried the set up about 100 yards (Brett Weston famously said all
> interesting photos are within 100 yards of a car or something like that,
> and I am much smaller than Brett Weston). Then I had to put the camera on
> the side of the tripod to peek through the railings, meaning I had to hold
> the camera down while taking the photo..
>
> The photo, such as it is:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/810-201912-01-Edit.jpg.html
>
> The camera, I hooked my bag to the bottom of the center column and holding
> down the bag with my foot.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/IMG-6320.JPG.html
>
> 8x10, I need to get a lighter 8x10....
>
-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA



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