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Subject: [Leica] Masochism a 180mm and a gyroscope
From: s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)
Date: Sat Nov 6 13:25:11 2004
References: <410-22004116625634740@edge.net>

Jim,

Thank you .She is allready a lot better.We might go out tomorrow.

Simon Jessurun


> Simon,
>
> It's nice to have a willing model when you are house-bound.  She's a real
> doll.  Hope both of you whip the bug soon.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
>> My youngest and myself have been more or less floored this week with some
> sort of lung eating bug.
>> I made her a little tent to watch 30,s cartoons from and made myself a
> contraption i wouldn,t want to take out on the street.
>> It was prompted a bit by the recent discussions on low shutter speeds.
>> What i did was to put a small Kenyon gyroscopic stabiliser underneath my
> 180 R lens and used that with a 1.4 extender.
>> Luckily i have large hands so could still just move the focusing ring
> with a finger.
>> Our sickness makes us both a bit slow so that helped.
>> To my suprise it worked to about 1/4 second or so .These three are at 1/6
> th 1/4 and 1/2 second.
>> All with an indicated aperture of 3.4  which with the 1.4 extender should
> really be 2.8 according to Ted.
>> http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-76419.html
>> best regards
>> simon jessurun
>> amsterdam
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