Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, Philippe, 680 ounces is 42.5 pounds or about 19 kg. You were converting 680 pounds to kg. A 200 mm f/4 lens weighing that much should be stable indeed. As in, immovable! ?howard > On Mar7, 2019, at 1715, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > Thanks, Philippe, for pointing out the "old gray matter" does get tired > and falter. I weighed the lens, @ 24 ounces, went online to convert it to > grams, 680 gr, and then blew it when I typed it in the bottom line. > > But I did like the photo possibilities. > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Airport Experiment > Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2019 23:02:34 +0100 > From: Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net> > To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net> > > > > >> Le 7 mars 2019 ? 22:54, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a ?crit : >> >> 680 ounces > > > WOW !!! that?s 308 kg or a third of a ton or so, Jim - I understand you > took that monopod along ;-) > > > Keep carrying and pushing iron, this shot was worth it :-) > > Amities > Philippe > > -- > _________________________________________________________________ > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information