Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 22, 2008, at 10:19 AM, Ted Grant wrote: > Tarek Charara said: > >> Now, that sounds like fun! What's with the pistol grip? Is that an > > extra accessory? I can only see the button to release the focusing > > mechanism and the tripod mount... > > > > I can only imagine taking a big lens like this with a pistol grip to > the > middle east... I'd be dead meat in no time! :^)<<< > > Tarek, > > I did just that during the Middle East 6 day war in 1967 only it was > the > Novaflex 240mm lens and grip with spring loaded rapid focusing which > is all > built together. Very ominous looking in a war theatre. :-( > > Last day of the war I was in a small village outside Jerusalem when > three > men in Arab dress came around a building and the light on them was so > beautiful, without a thought I whipped up the "machine pistol > looking lens > and camera" to take a picture. All three instantly put their arms in > the air > and surrendered. :-) I was so surprised by the action I put the > camera down > without even taking a picture. One of the great missed photo moments > of my > life. talk about a "decisive moment" .... Steve > :-( It happens sometimes of surprise good, bad or ugly! > > However all wasn't lost as it was a far more important moment in my > life > than a missed photograph. Think about this. It was 3 to 1 and if > they had > weapons I wouldn't be typing this. :-( > > Today in the Middle East, Iraq or Afghanistan one would be a total > idiot to > take any kind of lens and pistol grip mistakenly seen as a weapon! You > wouldn't be typing unless you were tapping on the lid of your > coffin! :-( > > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information