Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/23

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: It's not just for Southerners anymore
From: leica at ralgo.nl (bruce golding)
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:33:01 +0200
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20090422204319.00c00d38@mail.threshinc.com>

............. maybe in a hurry to get to the other side ...........

b.

On 23-apr-2009, at 5:56, Peter Klein wrote:

> Look who showed up in my front yard this weekend. This is no  
> masterpiece, but I thought some of you might enjoy it anyway.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/ 
> L1005092Possum.jpg.html
>
> I was surprised to see it.  They're pretty nocturnal creatures, and  
> I've never seen one in broad daylight before.  And contrary to  
> their usual slow-moving behavior, this one ran *very* fast when it  
> saw me.  Perhaps it was afraid of the M8, or didn't want to be  
> photographed with an off-brand CV 90/3.5.
>
> I first grabbed my Olympus DSLR, for which I have a zoom with 300mm  
> equivalent, but the battery was dead.  At least the M8 let me blow  
> the shot up to 1:1.
>
> --Peter
>
>
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