Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/02

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Subject: [Leica] More snaps (Skopar)
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Tue Nov 2 17:11:45 2004
References: <Pine.SOL.4.58-L.0411022001440.14180@helene.uio.no>

The thing I like about all of these is that you manage to encompass 
wide areas of landscape without an obvious wide-angle look.  I like 
the first best, I think in that it captures the scale of the scene 
best.


>Well, it turns out that the fall I took damaged the Leica after all. I
>tell you, those M bodies are real sissies. You sneeze at them and their
>rangefinders go out of whack. They're sturdy cameras ... as long as you
>don't need to focus too much.
>
>As it was, I had the 21/4 Skopar on so it didn't matter much.
>
>This is an overview. I was on top of one of the cairns (pre-historic). The
>glaciers dumped all the boulders here when they stopped. That heather is
>treacherous. You don't really know what is under it.
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album40/04v45_0002
>
>The coastal area, plain, is wide and shallow here.
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album40/04v45_0003
>
>Anyone wanting to farm the area has to constantly clear the fields of
>boulders. They "grow" here. They work themselves up to the surface
>constantly. Farmers clear them away and make fences with them.
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album40/04v45_0004
>
>I was halfway expecting to see Graham down at the end of the road,
>hustling away from the cows.
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album40/04v45_0005
>
>Now to find someone to adjust my rangefinder. The screw is a little to
>tight for my taste and I don't have a proper screwdriver (you have to do
>it at an angle).
>
>Daniel
>
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-- 
Regards,

Dick
Boston MA

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