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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Poison Mushrooms
From: len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Wed Oct 1 17:10:15 2008
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Hi Steve,

I was going to use it with the goggles for close-up. I haven't done  
that in awhile. I also have the same formula lens in rigid mount for  
normal use.  On a film M I can't tell the difference between the two.  
One of my favorite lenses.

Len


On Oct 1, 2008, at 7:56 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:

>
> On Oct 1, 2008, at 4:52 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote:
>
>> Hi Luis,
>>
>> I like to use the Summitar. The photos look more real to me. No  
>> digital look. For this photo I just cropped it very little.  
>> Nothing else done to it. No macro attachments. But that gives me  
>> an idea. I should try the DR Summicron on the M8.
>
> yes you should Len...
>
> either put the lens cassette into a rigid mount, or have DAG crop  
> the DR mount,
>
> as a number of us have done...
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Len
>>
>>
>> On Oct 1, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Len,
>>>
>>> Nice to see the picture with the Summitar, with Macro attachments?
>>>
>>> Saludos cordiales
>>> LLuis
>>>
>>>
>>> El 01/10/2008, a las 3:00, Leonard Taupier escribi?:
>>>
>>>> After three days of on and off rain I found these mushrooms  
>>>> surrounding my small Spruce tree in my back yard. It was strange  
>>>> that they were no where else in the yard.
>>>>
>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8/ 
>>>> AmanitaMuscaria.jpg.html>
>>>>
>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8/ 
>>>> AmanitaMuscaria_2.jpg.html>
>>>>
>>>> One of the mushrooms behind the tree was about 10" in diameter.  
>>>> Before I could take it's picture it fell over and broke.
>>>>
>>>> I identified the mushroom as a Amanita Muscaria var. formosa.  
>>>> These mushrooms are found throughout the USA. On the west coast  
>>>> the cap color is more red where on the east coast  they are more  
>>>> orange or yellow.  If anyone can identify it as a different type  
>>>> please correct me.
>>>>
>>>> This mushroom is listed as poisonous but has been used as a  
>>>> hallucinogen if prepared properly and in small quantities but  
>>>> can also cause a person to go into a coma after becoming sick.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for looking.
>>>> Len
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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