Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, I did not tell Alastair anything about the DMR (of which I have zilch experience), but I did tell him that, in my experience (I have actually been to the Mara a couple of times, you know), long telephoto lenses with AF and VR are invaluable in Africa, and make capturing wildlife action much easier - something that Howard also realized after coming to India to photograph tigers with MF telephotos (both Nikon and Leica lenses) - so he, too, chimed in accordingly. I fail to understand why you are so prickly about the DMR - after all, it is just a piece of equipment. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Alastair Firkin wrote: > > >I was 'forced' into nikon by the scuttling of the R system and my desire > >to continue using an SLR in far away places. I had already risked the DMR > >in the Arctic and Antarctic and had 'survived', but I knew that the dusty > >conditions of our next venture to Africa would sorely test the Leica: this > >was confirmed by Jay and Howard, who simply told me to "forget it". > > How did Jay and Howard confirm this? Did they take a DMR to Africa and it > failed? > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >