Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hand held? 400mm?? Cripes. Jeffrey Fass - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> To: <leica@topica.com>; <leica_reflex_forum@topica.com>; <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 12:15 PM Subject: [Leica] Anna's Hummingbird > I have a "new" scanner, a Polaroid SprintScan 4000 purchased used. There > are a lot of old slides I can scan now. This one is from 1988, made while > my (then) infant daughter was napping. > > The Anna's Hummingbird is a year-round resident of the west coast of North > America. This particular bird's domain was anywhere within 5 second's > flight distance of the feeders in my back yard, a region of about a 1/4 mile > radius (slight exaggeration). He had a favorite perch and fortunately for > me it was at my eye level. By approaching slowly and calmly on foot, I was > able to get within 6 feet of the bird. The 400mm Telyt will focus that > close with the dedicated extension tube 14182. The tech stuff: hand-held > Leicaflex SL with 400mm f/6.8 Telyt, shoulder stock, 14182 extension tube, > K64. > > The URL: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anhu0.html > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html