Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well it is just like Kyle to hold back on his secret red parrot photo expedition down to the jungles of South America. the idea came to him on a dark, stormy night while he was prowling the streets looking for Goth babes and when he would find one his standard approach was to invite them over to see his new photo studio in the basement of his Goth house. That is another story, back to the red parrot expedition: Kyle has outfitted a post-world war 1 biplane (the kind with two tandem seats) for just this exciting photo expedition. He has installed a stainless steel tower just aft of the pilot's seat. On the top of the tower Kyle has fitted a Miller Pro Jr fluid tripod head (made in Australia). The plan is to charter a tramp steamer to ship the post-world war 1 bi-plane down to a port at the Mouth of the Amazon River in February. Then with Linda, who has finally received her pilot's license after convincing the flying school that she actually planned on landing the plane, in the pilot's seat and Kyle in the passenger seat they will fly upside at stall speed, which is no big deal in these old planes. Once Kyle, who has been spotting with his Leica 10x50 binoculars, sees a flock of the red parrots, he will climb inside the photo tower as Linda puts the bi-plane in a power, up-side down dive, making a skyward loop as the plane brushes the tree tops. National Geographic, Entertainment Tonight and Fox News after getting wind of this extraordinary expedition have all been seeking interviews with Kyle. So far only the LUG has had complete access to the exciting project. Stay tuned for more, up to the minute developments. sl >> > dang. i wish i'd thought to post that one! > > the obvious answer is to get the M6 Wildlife Conversion Kit from leica USA, > it replaces some components on the M6 with ones more suited to wildlife > photography. it's expensive to have leica do it, so i'll include > instructions > for how to do this at home. nota bene: only a FULLY QUALIFIED CAMERA REPAIR > TECHNICIAN should attempt this conversion. > > 1) take your leica m6 titanium and using an xacto or razor blade gently pry > off the red dot, be careful not to bend it. set the red dot and the m6 > aside. > > 2) call up b&h and order a nikon f5 or d1x, AF 400mm 2.8, 1.4 TC, a 300 2.8, > and the 80-200 2.8; a carbon fiber tripod; and a nice outback trekker. > > 3) when the nikon arrives, using a black magic marker, cover up the words > "nikon" and "f5". > > 4) place red dot from your m6 onto the pentaprism of the former nikon > chassis. > > your m6 has been coverted and you're ready to photograph parrots. > > the other option is to buy a Browning Citori over/under 12 gauge Lighting > Feather and some # 12 "dust" shot (used by taxidermists). shoot the > brightest > colored parrots and then wire them to nearby tree branches and photograph > them with your visioflex. > > either option will produce stunning results. > > kc > > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html