Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, and it periodically abounds around here. The workers were so tired of it (since it was cheap easy "food") that they had it written into their contracts that they would not have to eat it more than three days a week. There are a couple of other members of the salmon family in the waters but I don't know their names in English (havsöring, lax ...). We don't have trout around here. Further north, but not here. Here on the west coast of Sweden we're not particularly fond of "sweet-water" fish, only sea fish. Now cod I would regard as food :) Daniel On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Dan > > I hate to tell you this, but salmon is a type of trout. > > Jerry > > Daniel Ridings wrote: > > > Trout? > > > > I'm my stream we only have salmon. The workers had a deal ... (we're > > talking about a few years back) ... they did NOT have to eat it more than > > three days a week. It was part of their employment contract :) > > > > Daniel > > > > On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Bob Adler wrote: > > > > > Especially fresh caught stream trout cooked right out > > > of the stream! MAN, it doesn't get much better than > > > that!! > > > O.K., back to work Bob... > > > --- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > Yes, very much so! > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > Daniel Ridings wrote: > > > > > > > > > Fish? Do you count that as food? :) > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Bob Adler wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Jerry, > > > > > > Yum? Isn't it catch and release? If not, I'm > > > > there! > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > --- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you are in that area in the fishing season, > > > > make > > > > > > > sure you have > > > > > > > a fishing license and go for the Golden Trout > > > > that > > > > > > > are in some > > > > > > > of the high lakes. Yum! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bob Adler wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Richard, > > > > > > > > Looking forward to seeing your images! My > > > > hope is > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > make it to the Bishop area this summer > > > > (fall?), so > > > > > > > > I'll be tapping you for places to go. I'm > > > > not, > > > > > > > > however, as much as a hiker as you! > > > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > --- "Richard F. Man" > > > > <richard@imagecraft.com> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > How I spent my (first of the) Summer > > > > Vacation > > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Grandparents made a surprise appearance, > > > > and I > > > > > > > > > dragged my wife screaming > > > > > > > > > into having fun, despite she wanting to > > > > stay > > > > > > > home > > > > > > > > > and cast armors. All hell > > > > > > > > > broke loose, and I just grabbed my M7 with > > > > > > > 35'lux, > > > > > > > > > and 50'cron, and the > > > > > > > > > OM-4T with the 90/2 and 135/2.8. I thought > > > > about > > > > > > > > > taking some wide angles > > > > > > > > > with the OM, but why bother when I have > > > > the M7? > > > > > > > (uh > > > > > > > > > oh...) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Next day, we were at the Mono Lake. I > > > > raised the > > > > > > > M7 > > > > > > > > > to my eyes and.... dead > > > > > > > > > batteries! Arrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... > > > > Of > > > > > > > course > > > > > > > > > in my pocket I have > > > > > > > > > spare batteries for the OM but not for the > > > > M7 > > > > > > > since > > > > > > > > > the local camera store > > > > > > > > > was out of the CR1/3 last time I was > > > > there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quick, lets see - Sunny 16! So I took a > > > > few > > > > > > > shots > > > > > > > > > using the 60th and 125th. > > > > > > > > > In fact, I ended up taking at least 2 1/2 > > > > rolls > > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > > the M7 using either > > > > > > > > > Sunny 16 rule or when I got smart, used > > > > the > > > > > > > OM-4T's > > > > > > > > > meter reading. So I > > > > > > > > > have limited choices with the apertures, > > > > but it > > > > > > > > > works. Next day, while > > > > > > > > > hiking in the Bristlecone Pine forest, I > > > > lost > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > battery cap! Double > > > > > > > > > arrggghhhh.... the day afterward, on > > > > Monday, we > > > > > > > > > finally were able to buy > > > > > > > > > replacement batteries at the store in > > > > Bishop. > > > > > > > Having > > > > > > > > > no battery cap, we > > > > > > > > > improvised by using sports tape and small > > > > > > > cardboard > > > > > > > > > pieces. The ultimate > > > > > > > > > cheap-look camouflage for the Leica! So do > > > > you > > > > > > > think > > > > > > > > > Leica will send me a > > > > > > > > > replacement battery cap if I ask? The > > > > camera is > > > > > > > > > still under warranty. I > > > > > > > > > even have the USA Passport but the camera > > > > is > > > > > > > only 3 > > > > > > > > > months old. Getting new > > > > > > > > > batteries mean I can shoot in auto mode > > > > again, > > > > > > > so I > > > > > > > > > chose to shoot mainly > > > > > > > > > in manual mode! From previous years > > > > experience, > > > > > > > I am > > > > > > > > > finally remembering > > > > > > > > > that the sky is much brighter and can fool > > > > the > > > > > > > > > meters easily. So I took > > > > > > > > > some meter readings, and switched to > > > > manual > > > > > > > mode. > > > > > > > > > Much easier to use than > > > > > > > > > the exposure compensation dial. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Another point of the visit is to see the > > > > > > > Mountain > > > > > > > > > Light Gallery of the late > > > > > > > > > Galen and Barbara Rowell in Bishop. I know > > > > some > > > > > > > > > people don't think much of > > > > > > > > > his photos, but he is my cup of tea. > > > > Definitely > > > > > > > if > > > > > > > > > you wonder about the > > > > > > > > > limit of the 35mm system, check out some > > > > of the > > > > > > > > > large digital enlargements > > > > > > > > > hanging there. I think the largest one > > > > they have > > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > > display is something > > > > > > > > > like 30x40". Sure, it can't compare to > > > > larger > > > > > > > format > > > > > > > > > cameras' output side > > > > > > > > > by side, but it looks quite amazing > > > > > > > nevertheless. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I used to think the OM-4 and the 90/2 > > > > macro is > > > > > > > > > fairly heavy and all, and it > > > > > > > > > still is, but I was hiking a lot with both > > > > > > > cameras > > > > > > > > > at the same time! I > > > > > > > > > never thought I would do it like that, but > > > > it is > > > > > > > > > sort of convenient to have > > > > > > > > > a camera with wide angle and the other one > > > > with > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > medium telephoto. Just > > > > > > > > > for good measure, I took a few macro shots > > > > just > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > make it worthwhile to > > > > > > > > > carry a macro lens. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All in all, a very interesting experience. > > > > the > > > > > > > Zuiko > > > > > > > > > 50/2 and 90/2 are > > > > > > > > > optically as excellent as anything. > > > > > > > Unfortunately, > > > > > > > > > the Zuiko wide angles > > > > > > > > > cannot compare to the 35 'lux. Otherwise, > > > > I can > > > > > > > > > relegate the Leica for low > > > > > > > > > light indoor convention shots, and the OM > > > > for > > > > > > > > > hiking. Oh well, life is not > > > > > > > > > perfect.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The first 4 of the 6 rolls will be back > > > > > > > tomorrow. We > > > > > > > > > will see whether there > > > > > > > > > are any good pics in the mix.... > > > > > > > === message truncated === > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > Bob Adler > > > Palo Alto, CA > > > rgacpa@pacbell.net > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html