Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The current LFI magazine includes an advertisement of the perfect solution for Nathan. Brilliant! There's a whole range for this situation. http://www.koenig-photobags.de/Lenkertasche-Ultimate-M5.phtml And even a model for M's http://www.koenig-photobags.de/lenkertasche-ultimate-5m-messsucher.phtml I guess the single malt goes in a pannier separately. 2009/5/14 bruce golding <leica at ralgo.nl> > I tried to find the image taken by Martin Rooney, then at Images, to > illustrate another way of photographing the handlebars et al, on the move. > > Makes for unusual and wonderful imagery. > > We had an adventurous ride with you, Nathan. > > Good to know the malt saved the day. > > B. > > On 11-mei-2009, at 6:53, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff 'Life's not B&W, except at both ends' http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman