Re: [Leica] 560 telyt day

[Barney Quinn <barney.quinn@noaa.gov>]

Ted,

Which end of the calf? :-)

Barney


On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 07:18 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

> Frank Filippone wrote:
>>> Yes, but as one that does not yet have the lens, I am trying to make 
>>> the
> buy
>> decision....  and it is not easy with a lens this unique in its 
>> focusing
>> technique.....<<<<
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> Hi Frank,
> I just popped out of the darkroom for some R&R and saw your post re:
> questions on the 400 and 560, hopefully the 6.8 which I used for many 
> years
> covering Olympics and other sports events. Before I switched to 280 
> 2.8 and
> 400 2.8 and extenders.
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> Great glass, super easy to use... try focusing on a calf running at 
> you full
> tilt with a cowboy on horse back chasing it down to rope during the 
> Calgary
> Stampede using the 560 slide barrel pushing in the opposite direction 
> to the
> critter running at you.
>
> In other words, critter running at me.... slide barrel being pushed at 
> the
> critter keeping it infocus, with a weird kind of in yer mind 
> feeling....
> "shouldn't I be pulling this slide barrel back the way the calf is 
> running
> at me?" ;-)
>
> Nope and I held the calf in focus until the cowboy tossed him down. 
> Using
> the sliding barrel is so smooth and simple to use it's amazing how 
> accurate
> it is after a very short time of shooting.
>
> I used mine always with a motor-driven Leica SLR of the day, pistol 
> grip
> equipped with electric micro switch connected to the motor and tubular
> shoulder brace. It was a heck of sight when covering a State visit of 
> some
> dignitary and certainly drove the Mounties crazy whenever I pointed it 
> in
> the direction of the Queen during one of Her Royal visits. ;-)
>
> Man it looked like a major size weapon. On more than one occasion the 
> image
> in the view finder disappeared and when I looked up there would be a 
> "very
> large member of the RCMP" standing right in front of me and lens.
>
> But what a great lens assembly for action; sports, people, cars and 
> other
> fast moving objects. And a slow shutter speed is a piece of cake once 
> you
> acquire the hang of using the lens, shoulder brace and motor!  
> Actually used
> the 560  @ 1/15th during the closing ceremonies of the 1972 Summer 
> Olympics
> in Munich. Perfect colour slide and exposure! ;-) Hand held with 
> shoulder
> brace.
>
> Look, you wont go wrong with this slide barrel lens, either 400 or 
> 560, heck
> if you can find them both and have the funds, get them both! As sure 
> as heck
> as soon as you have it in your hands you'll go nuts until you have 
> both.
>
> I've done macro using the "barrel extender" locked in the middle of the
> barrel and a macro adapter between lens and camera body! Cool stuff! 
> :-)
> Don't worry there's going to be some folks tell you it can't be 
> done.... It
> can, just do it! ;-) And you get the neatest looking images!
>
> At worse, if you buy it and find you don't like it ...... sell it for a
> profit! ;-)
>
> And don't worry about having to use a tripod all the time... throw the
> tripod away and just hand hold it, shoot away and have some major fun 
> taking
> pictures the likes you've never done before. :-)
>
> Trust me, would I lie to you? ;-)
>
> ted
>
> Samples from the Women in Medicine project:
> http://www.sandycarterphotography.com/WIMcollagePage.htm
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