[Leica] Telyt like it is man!!

[Edward Caliguri <caliguri@rcn.com>]

Terry-
    I'm sure they were sharp - but how the heck did you do that (the hand
held thing) even at 2000th ??? I don't think I could do that at all (just me
personally) - Using pretty fast film there?
    I've slid extension tubes (2 x 30 mm at the most) behind the long glass
- - That is pretty fun. There is no depth of field wide open (use a tele-flash
if you can and stop down) But it's like having a 560 f/4 macro lens that
weighs a ton ( I use a Wimberly head on a 1500 CF Gitzo tripod) and weigh
down the whole shebang with my camera bag, or a bag of rocks!)
    Ed

> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Leica Users digest)
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 21:12:38 -0800 (PST)
> To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Leica Users digest V24 #153
> 
> I used this lens two weeks ago during the wildlife shoot with both
> extenders, sometimes with both between my R8 body and the proximal end of
> the lens. While I was shooting the sheep I mentioned before, the lighting
> was bright and I noticed a shutter speed calculation result of 1/2000th of a
> second with the aperture ring set at f/4 and the R8 metering knob set at
> matrix (multiple field). From experience, I saw enough 18% gray in the scene
> and knew the matrix metering would handle it wonderfully, and it did, for I
> got a perfect exposure. With the aforementioned shutter speed, the slide was
> fantastically sharp even though I was holding my R8 and the 280 in both
> hands.

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