[Leica] The Way We Were

[Don Dory]

Welcome back.   The warblers were just what was needed on a beautiful
Sunday evening.

On Sun, May 17, 2020, 6:44 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
>
>
>
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