Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/13

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Eye to Eye
From: pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:59:08 -0700

Just wonderful, Jim. You really caught him just right, and tack sharp.
--Peter

> Thanks, Jean-Michel.

> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jean-Michel Mertz" <j2m46 at hotmail.fr>
> To: "lug LEICA USERS ORGANISATION" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 10:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Eye to Eye
>
>
>
> Well done! That contraption sure does its job - and the photographer
> too!Jean-Michel
> > From: jhnichols at lighttube.net
>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:47:58 -0500
>> CC: olympus at thomasclausen.net
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Eye to Eye
>>
>> Well, crude as it may be, the monopod shoulder stock works.  I was able
>> to achieve better sharpness and use smaller apertures while shooting in
>> manual mode today.  As usual, the squirrel was the best subject available
>> today, but even he kept ducking behind a post.
>>
>> In this shot, he definitely was keeping an eye on me and my strange
>> contraption.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Squirrel+94.jpg.html
>>
>> E-510 with Leica Telyt-R 250/4, 2X, Monopod with shoulder stock, ISO 400,
>> 1/200 at f/8, cropped horizontal from a vertical image, and, unlike Dr.
>> Ted, I was leaning against a wall.  At 82, I think that is permissible.
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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