Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, To continue with the nostalgia, years ago, when I was shooting with a Pentax Spotmatic, I had one of those sliding barrel lenses and could never get happy with it.? I tried to shoot my grandson's soccer match, and never got anything useful.? As I recall, I traded it for something with a more natural motion. This Telyt-R 250/4 was made in 1980. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 1/26/2018 5:33 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > Hi Jim, > Having seen the photo of your lens. This isn't the lens I used. I had the sliding barrel lenses first, then both a 280 and a 560mm eventually buying the solid lenses with extenders. Cracker jack glass. A tad heavy but use them and you built solid shoulders when shooting football, hockey games and the summer-winter Olympics. Eventually getting the 400mm 2.8 with extenders! :-) > All that gear is long gone now and I'd trade off all these "damn heart pills" to have it and the solid built body back & shoulders any day!!!!! :-) > Aww those were the days of real assignments!!! :-) :-) > cheers, > Dr. Ted O.C. > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim Nichols > Sent: January-26-18 10:20 AM > To: LUG at Leica-Users.org; Olympus Camera Discussion > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Telyt-R 250 with Shoulder Stock > > I'm enjoying learning to use the Leica shoulder stock (Thanks, Doug) > with my Telyt-R 250 and the Fuji X-T2. It's not really a rifle, Moose, > but serves the same purpose. Thought I might share a photo of this > combination. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180126-P1265909.JPG.html > > Shot with an E-510 and Takumar 55/1.8 >