Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair Firkin wrote: >Well, here are a few of my attempts at shooting flying critters with the >DMR. Not all failures, though you might guess I would have burnt a LOT of >film if I had been trying in the old days. The last Albatross was my 25th >attempt I think. > >I start with what makes the DMR wonderful: colour palette, and there are 5 >'birds' to follow: > >http://tinyurl.com/3ofz7oz How is this related to > "I had already risked the DMR >in the Arctic and Antarctic and had 'survived', but I knew that the dusty >conditions of our next venture to Africa would sorely test the Leica: this >was confirmed by Jay and Howard, who simply told me to "forget it". What is risky about using the DMR in Antarctica or in dusty conditions in Africa? Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com