Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Checking a tripod for resonance
From: Alexey Merz <alexey@webcom.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 11:06:02 +0100

Ted Grant wrote:

> Hell If I ever considered doing a " squiggly test" I'd use vodka straight
> out of the freezer first, help dampen body vibrations.  And several will
> set the camera into the greatest set of squigglies you've ever seen. :)

This reminds me of a story from a friend who recently got his PhD in 
embryology. He was struggling to learn an extremely delicate micro-
surgical technique for implanting tissue grafts on reptile embryos, 
and so visited the Eminent Biologist who had pioneered the technique. 
The aforementioned Eminent Biologist explained that half a beer - not
more - was sufficient to dampen spurious hand movements. Upon trying
this, my friend was finally able to perform the graft. By now, he's
learned to do it even without the beer...
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