Re: [Leica] NYD

[Ron & Beelian Miller <rkmiller001@earthlink.net>]

Hi Roy,

Sorry to hear you missed the stroke-of-midnight shot. Hope you are
feeling much better.  I thought you might appreciate the fact that my
January 2nd 1999 day was also spent taking "first" Leica pics of my
11-month old choc. labrador, Mocha. He had a wild time at the local
state park, where they also keep a stable of boarded horses. His first
encounter with horses was an immediate spooked turn-about retreat by
him!! Musta thought "Giant dog"!!!

Cheers,
Bee Lian

Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:32:29 +0000
From: "Roy Zartarian" <royzart@connix.com>
Subject: Re: [Leica] NYD

Due to the remnants of a head cold and the effects of self-prescribed 
generous doses of Knockando,  my stroke-of-midnight image would have 
required a Noctilux and TMax 3200 pushed several stops to get 
something barely printable of my inert horizontal form. 

However, earlier in the season, I did discover the utility of the R 
electronic remote control for portraits including both self 
and canine companion.  With the R4 and winder from which Sherry 
Krauter recently exorcised all the demons, I set the remote control 
to trip the shutter every 18 seconds or so. This interval allowed the 
Speedotron to recharge itself and me enough time to try to get the 
labrador into position. Three acceptable shots out of 36 resulted; 
the rest were of dog walking toward the camera, dog's rear facing 
camera, dog being pulled into position, etc.

And, belatedly, LUGs, please accept my best wishes for '99.

Roy