Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lee, The lens seems to do fine. Copying this link from your gallery will make it easier for folks to find it. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Lee+K/Great+gray+owl.jpg.html Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 4/1/2017 4:17 PM, Lee K Hermann wrote: > Good day, LUG. > > It has been so long since I read the LUG and sent photos to be seen that I > have forgotten how it is done. This must be one of the problems of > getting old. Lately I have been reading the list. This is in part that I > developed an interest in the Leica SL but it is unused as I have abandoned > film and it and my M?s and screw mount cameras sit holding down the floor > of shelf. So far I love it even if it seems to have more controls and > menus than any of my old SLRs. I have no SL lenses and have been using my > M and R lenses. These lenses seem to work very well, but someday I shall > buy a new lens. > > I have added a photograph to my gallery, Lee Hermann. > > This photo was taken with the SL and a 400 mm f6.8 Telyt R, ISO 1600, > using a monopod. The bird, a great gray owl, was seen as we were > counting migratory birds. He seemed quite sleepy. I got to within 30 to > 50 feet of him. He did not seem to want to open his eyes, which are large > and yellow. After the snaps, I left him to his nap. > > The old 400mm lens seems to have worked pretty well, made in 1971. I hope > that you will be able to find the photo in the gallery. > > Lee > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >