[LRFlex] Re: Up Close and Personal


On 22/06/2005 at 7:53 AM Douglas Herr wrote:

>David, I'm amazed that you were able to frame the photo this accurately
>with such a long lens and no shoulder stock.  The droplets of water on her
>head and neck add a lot to the picture.

G'Mornin' Doug!

To be honest, I didn't think I could do it, either! But you work with what 
you've got!

I could not have done it with film... the salvation, here, was the ability to 
use ISO 1600 and thus gain shutter speeds into the 1/1000th range, even with 
such a slow lens combination.  Mind you, focusing was still a bit of a trick!  

Also, with the shoulder stock, I normally use a cable release.  I bought an 
electric one for the Canon, but I've had no time to rig it up.  Thus, 
balancing/focusing the lens and pressing the shutter release, instead of 
holding the lens with the grip, at it's balance point, proved tricky, too!

However, I got very satisfactory photos of the Coots and also some of baby 
Marmots (up next). 

At the park, I met a lady using a huge (unknown f/l) Tamron f2.8 on a Pentax.  
She had it on a tripod and complained the lens itself was over 6 pounds!  Made 
me all the happier for the light weight of the Telyt f6.8.  *SO* easy to use, 
even in difficult circumstances!  (She told me that she and her friends were 
fascinated with the Telyt, having watched me, from across the lake, with 
binoculars!)

Thanks, for your comments, and for looking. :-)

David.

David Young,
Logan Lake, BC    
CANADA. 

Personal Web-site at: http://www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr
Leica Reflex Forum web-page: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm

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