[Leica] Telyt 400mm 6.8 with Olympus E-M5, stabilized

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

Uncle Ted, I bow to NW for your awesomeness. Have a Great Canadian
Thanksgiving!

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 12:43 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Richard Man and Ken Iisaka:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Telyt 400mm 6.8 with Olympus E-M5, stabilized
>
>
>
>  Wow! If there's ever any proof that IS works...<<<<<<<
>>
>
> Hi Richard & Ken,
> Well I suppose the IS thing is great because it's now part of a camera
> system. Still not in Leica?
>
> However? What about using a LEICA SLR without IS and shooting frames on
> film using either the 400mm 6.8 or the 560mm handheld? However, using the
> shoulder stock and pistol grip with micro switch electronically connected
> to the motor to trip the shutter? And not a quiver shooting wide open at
> 1/15 sec? :-) Until the 280mm lens became my long lens of choice with
> extenders turning the 280 2.8 into an 800mm f8.0 using both extenders
> locked on at the same time!
>
> Actually if you look on my website TEDGRANTPHOTO.COM there is a shot of
> dew drops on morning grass with the 800mm and a Leica macro adapter.
> However the 280 mm in this set-up one definitely used a monopod. I hate
> using a tripod for life moments because you are locked to the ground for
> quickness of movement!
>
> Also from the large number of international sports events I covered, hand
> holding and or monopods became the norm of the Games! As tripods are not
> allowed at anytime simply because they take up far too much space in the
> photo-positions. Mono-pods are OK or plain old fashion hand holding!! :-)
> In my case always with the shoulder-stock, pistol grip and micro switch to
> motor!
>
> The "slide barrel lenses' 400 & 560 as I called them, were beautiful to
> use, although not a fast lens aperture. But they were almost as light as a
> feather when you were using them on a very regular basis.
>
> Just a little side bar story on assignments and len use. :-)
>
> cheers,
> Dr.ted  :-)
>
>
>
>
>  On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Oops, a link accessible by all would be useful...
>>>
>>> Thanks to Doug for pointing it out.
>>>
>>> https://www.facebook.com/**photo.php?fbid=**
>>> 10151203923338961&l=d0111609af<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151203923338961&l=d0111609af>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On Oct 7, 2012, at 6:02 PM, Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Like millions of others, I was near the water to catch a glimpse of the
>>> Blue Angels over the San Francisco Bay. But alas, it was delayed, and I
>>> had
>>> to bring the kids to their mother.
>>> >
>>> > However, I did take a snapshot of the kids doing what teenagers do:
>>> playing with their phones, under eucalyptus trees, perhaps 30m away from
>>> them.
>>> >
>>> > The great thing about the camera body is that stabilization works, >
>>> after
>>> entering the focal length of the lens. The lens was mounted onto the body
>>> via 3 adapters: Leica Visoflex -> Leica R -> Four Thirds -> Micro Four
>>> Thirds.
>>> >
>>> > The shutter speed was merely 1/45 at the aperture of 8.0, but the image
>>> shows the effectiveness of the image stabilization. Hand-held, of course.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.**php?fbid=10151203923338961&**
>>> set=a.27083498960.22695.**666328960<http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151203923338961&set=a.27083498960.22695.666328960>
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Ken Iisaka
>>> > first name at last name dot org or com
>>> >
>>> >
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