Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Glad to hear you, (and the M8) are OK. ?Are you trying to catch up with Tina as the most accident prone LUG member? ?Seriously, let's not do this again, it can get much more painful, and we'd hate to hear of you going to the hospital. ?;-) ?The photo, by the way is an interesting perspective. Cheers, Gene -------------- Original message from Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>: -------------- > We went for a bicycle ride along the beach yesterday. As always on > those occasions, the M8 was around my neck with the widest lens I own > mounted on it (the 18mm Zeiss), set for f8 and hyperfocal distance. I > would photograph while riding. I have done this on several earlier > occasions. However, yesterday I discovered a couple of things: > > - when you brake hard with just the left hand on the handlebar, the > results are not good ;-) > - the M8 is as sturdy as earlier M cameras (I did protect it when > going down, but the baseplate hit the bicycle and the ground, albeit > not that hard) > - road rash hurts but is curable with single malt > > http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#533527099_VbMuz-O-LB > > When we came home, I put the 75mm on the M8, set it at f2.5 and took > some close-ups of my medicine cabinet (aka the rack of single malts in > our living room) to make sure the rangefinder was not knocked out of > alignment. It was fine. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information