Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Luis. Jim Luis Ripoll wrote: > I didn't remember the picture posted one year ago, it is a very nice > picture! > > Saludos cordiales, > Luis > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de > Jim Hemenway > Enviado el: martes, 15 de agosto de 2006 13:33 > Para: LUG > Asunto: [Leica] Old lenses on a new camera > > Hi Folks: > > I went to Telegraph Hill on Friday to shoot some photos with the 1000, > 500, 300 and 200mm Takumars. > > It was fairly clear for an August day, but there was still just enough > moisture in the atmosphere to show up in the distance shots where it > seems to be compressed along with everything else in the photos. > > Some of you may remember this photo taken a year ago today with the > 500mm when it was hazy and foggy: > http://www.half-fast.com/LongLenses/images/081205-Takumar500-2-lights.jpg > > To give you an idea as to how far away I was, here's a photo taken from > about the same spot last year with a normal 50mm lens on my Leica R8: > http://www.half-fast.com/LongLenses/images/081705-Leica-50mm.jpg > > Here's yesterday's photos: > http://www.half-fast.com/LongLenses-08112006/ > > The white lighthouse, Boston Light, is a bit over a mile away and the > gray one, Grave Light, is over 3 miles away. > > I had hoped to include a photo or two of a passing ship, but there > weren't any for the two hours that I was on the hill. > > And last, here's a shot taken with the ArsatGraflex, the lighthouses are > out there at about the middle of the horizon: > http://www.half-fast.com/TelegraphHill-F-small.jpg > > Jim > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >