Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh the old curse of the dead battery while photographing a live possum in daylight. Those suckers are almost as fast as armadillos if they want to be. Probably was that loud M8 shutter. Chris NOLA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Klein" Subject: [Leica] IMG: It's not just for Southerners anymore > Look who showed up in my front yard this weekend. This is no masterpiece, > but I thought some of you might enjoy it anyway. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1005092Possum.jpg.html > > I was surprised to see it. They're pretty nocturnal creatures, and I've > never seen one in broad daylight before. And contrary to their usual > slow-moving behavior, this one ran *very* fast when it saw me. Perhaps it > was afraid of the M8, or didn't want to be photographed with an off-brand > CV 90/3.5. > > I first grabbed my Olympus DSLR, for which I have a zoom with 300mm > equivalent, but the battery was dead. At least the M8 let me blow the > shot up to 1:1. > > --Peter