Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Roy: It was the LL Rue blind. No big complaints about it. It is fairly light and sets up in a few seconds. Regards, Robert At 10:06 AM 8/19/99 +0000, you wrote: >Robert > >I, too, found your fox kit picture impressive. > >While the discussion about the capabilities of the 105-280 is >interesting, I remain curious about the blind you're using. I recall >one posting where, I think, you said you had gotten the LL Rue >product. Any comments on this? Strong points? Shortcomings? >Needless to say, I'll being using a portable blind to conceal myself >and Leica observation and photographic gear. > >Roy > > >On 19 Aug 99 at 9:09, Robert G. Stevens wrote: > >> Doug: >> >> The flash was a Metz 32ct7 which I stuck out one of the lens snouts on my >> blind and pointed in the general direction. It was just resting on the >> cloth snout, so aiming was not that great. The snout was probably three >> feet to the left of the snout my 105-280 was sticking out. >> >> My wife just came down to tell me to look in the back yard to see a great >> blue heron. We live on a lake, but have not seen any around this lake >> before. They usually hang out around the tidal marshes of the Ocean. No >> hope of getting pictures as he flew away when he heard me open the door >> slightly. >> >> Regards, >> >> Robert >> >> >> At 07:00 AM 8/19/99 -0400, you wrote: >> >>>> >> > I plan on going back to the site at a later date and spend more time to >> >hopefully get >> >better pictures. >> ><<< >> > >> >Nice work. I'm looking forward to seeing more. It would seem the zoom is >> >very handy when working from a blind, particularly if you also have a 1.4x >> >or 2x APO converter. Where was the flash placed? >> > >> >Doug Herr >> >Sacramento >> >http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt >> > >> > >> >> >> > >