Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/28

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Subject: [Leica] Ric's Friday Flower & bonus shot
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Fri Apr 28 10:36:35 2006
References: <020B7D2A-983E-4830-99D2-BBA47483D6B2@mindspring.com> <4452352D.8010309@cableone.net>

On Apr 28, 2006, at 11:30 AM, Randy Holst wrote:

> Ric Carter wrote:
>
>> Not high art, but was pleased with what can be done with a   
>> point&shoot. This is my usual flower cam--Pentax Optio 450--a  
>> real  midget.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Grab-Bag/Fly
>
>
> Amazing shot!  You mean that your little Pentax P&S can autofocus  
> fast enough to track a fly in flight,

Not even close. I prefocused and moved me to get focus. I don't think  
i could even hit the fly with the focus zone on spot.

> or was it one out of 100 tries,

I'm not nearly that patient or stoned;^)


> or was it an accident?

Fired a dozen or so frames on a couple of dozen approaches. Four or  
five "usable" to interesting shots.

Ric



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>
> Randy Holst
> Boise, Idaho
>
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In reply to: Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Ric's Friday Flower & bonus shot)
Message from mrvolvo at cableone.net (Randy Holst) ([Leica] Ric's Friday Flower & bonus shot)