Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good to see you back, Bob! This is a great time of year for the warblers! Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/> > On May 17, 2020, at 4:44 PM, Palmieri, Bob via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > Folks - > > Bob Palmieri here - think I was somewhat active on the LUG maybe a quarter > century ago. > > It occurred to me that I still seem to be doing things pretty much the > same way I did then - shooting film in Leicas through 50mm spherical > lenses, f?instance. Examples of this sort of thing from the last few weeks > here: > > https://bobpalmieri.zenfolio.com/p109708142 > > However, the main reason I was thinking along these lines is that it?s > Migration Time here in the Midwest, so I set out with my trusty 400 6.3 > Telyt (with 1.4 Nikon converter and Sony APS-C body hanging off the back > plus shoulder brace) to hunt warblers. Here are some samples from a couple > of hits: > > https://bobpalmieri.zenfolio.com/p31911442 > > https://bobpalmieri.zenfolio.com/p832251956 > > Actually, this rig - the Telyt, converter, brace & stabilized crop camera > is really light (an adapted guitar strap has been a nice tweak) and fun to > schlepp around on full or half day excursions. Heckuva lot better than my > 800mm full frame Nikon expedition rig with pod? > > Do pardon the intrusion if these specifics have been way on the radar in > recent years; haven?t ducked in for a very long time > > I?d say that for those of you who might have such a thing lying around > gathering dust (and are looking for a good excuse to get outta the house > for the day under the current circumstances) consider this modern > adaptation as a good incentive to step out into the wild. > > > > Bob Palmieri > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information