[Leica] The Way We Were

[Palmieri, Bob]

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