Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've used IS lenses and they are remarkable. One thing you should be aware of, is that while it might stabilize your motion it can't do anything about the motion of the photographed object. Found that out the hard way. The optics on the non L lenses leave something to be desired. I'm still waiting for the 35-350 to go IS. Why not ride in the cargo plane? Those young jocks are always looking to loop the lunch on us old timers. The CG is very accommodating, but heck, what's the matter with tagging along on a "case" as they call it. I photographed them during their bicentennial in 1990 as a personal project for the whole year. I did some work on their island in the bay area and at the air base in Sacramento, it's some of the best personal work I have. Slobodan Dimitrov Gary Todoroff wrote: > I'm driving down to the Bay area tomorrow, and LUGgers down there might be > interested in a possible photo op. I will be photographing a USCG HC-130 > (the big four engine cargo plane) from a Dolphin HH-65A helicopter over the > Golden Gate bridge on Monday afternoon. It should be spectacular from the > air and not too shabby a site from the ground either. > > Exact flight plans won't be known until the two air crews meet at the SF > airstation on Nov 6, with the HC-130 flying over from Sacramento. However, > the photo flight is scheduled for the hour before sunset, with flying around > the bridge just after 4:00pm. > > Disclaimer - as experience with the Coast Guard has proven before, there are > no schedule guarantees. So far, I have not been able to get the USCG to > prioritize me ahead of rescue operations, drug interdictions and oil spills. > Now if everyone would just behave themselves for a couple hours on Monday > afternoon . . . > > So if you're in the area, bring a Leica along. I'll have mine in the air, > along with a Hasselblad and also a Canon 28-135mm Image Stabilization lens > on loan from Swanlund's, our local Eureka camera store. Very kind of them to > throw in a Canon Elan II as well, which I am very interested to try out in > the high vibration environment of a helicopter, especially with the IS lens. > > Any LUGger with experience with the IS lenses? I shot a quick test roll this > afternoon, and the results look promising. > > Will let the LUG know how things work out, and would appreciate hearing from > anyone who might be able to take shots from around the Golden Gate. > > Pray for good weather! > > Gary Todoroff > Tree LUGger