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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Another Green-Eyed Bee
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 16:13:15 -0500
References: <547e0c8e-8e66-5fb4-2dbe-aa2af74e21d9@lighttube.net> <D6D63B7F-7E0F-4B00-9390-C25B74349820@gmail.com>

Thanks, Ric.? I never owned a Leica-R body, but the lenses seem to be 
well-engineered.? Heavy rascals, though.

On 10/6/20 4:03 PM, CartersXRd via LUG wrote:
> sure looks like a usable combo from here!!
>
> ric
>
>
>
>> On Oct 6, 2020, at 3:34 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> After venturing out to get my Senior Flu Shot and pick up a few things, I 
>> needed a few minutes to relax.  A thought occurred to me (yes, one does 
>> have thoughts after age 90).  Would the 2X extender combine with the 
>> Leica-R 60 mm Macro lens?  So I put the pieces together, put a fresh 
>> battery in the Fuji X-T2, and walked outside. (Although the X-T2 allows 
>> one to enter the focal length of manual lenses, I forgot to do it.  It 
>> still reports 500mm, not 120mm).
>>
>> Insect activity has just about disappeared at my house except for a few 
>> butterflies that pass and wave, but don't touch down. I saw an orange one 
>> and a yellow one that teased me while I was out.  I finally spotted some 
>> Carpenter Bees.  It wasn't until I was looking at them on the screen that 
>> I realized I had another Eastern Carpenter Bee or "Green-Eyed Bee".
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201006-DSCF2155.JPG.html
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA



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