Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, If you had not braked and had hit the "sturdy" woman right in front of you, the results might have been faaaar worse! :-) Jerry. grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: > > 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 >> >>