Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Flying women, trained cats, ...amazing! You don't happen to have an after picture showing the poor squashed kitty do you? :-) ...and what is that guy wearing? Dick >took the leica d200 out on its first real test spin last night to >photograph andrew and val. andrew's been a champion trap shooter >since he was 10. i learned much about the difference between _skeet_ >and _trap_. (trap has five different firing positions, skeet has >eight, trap has one clay pigeon, skeet has two). > >val was unable to keep her feet on the ground. this was the most fun >i've had working on this series in a long time. the d200 performed >marvelously. it has a great build quality (much like the expensive >canons all my friends have) and a significantly quieter shutter. oh, >and if you get it, get the vertical grip too, which is $170 extra. >two batteries, and all the vertical goodness you'd expect from a pro >grip (with the noteable exception of a freaking _tape recorder_ -- >my leica d100 vertical grip has a tape recorder built into it so you >can just speak your notes into the camera and they're tagged to the >image so you can just take your photo, then press record and be like >"gladys jones, 85, from macon georgia, says she'll vote for herbert >hoover for the tenth time in a row in the presidential election of >2008". that's almost as useful as a gps. > >ANYWAY, feel free to rip this to shreds with your harsh crits. > >http://www.armedamerica.org/andrew-val/av2.jpg > >keep crying, that battery's _dead_ dude, > >kc > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information