Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/14
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> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Leica Users digest)
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 10:26:50 -0700 (PDT)
> To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Leica Users digest V23 #201
>
> From: "Doug Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net>
> To: <leica@topica.com>; <leica_reflex_forum@topica.com>;
> <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: 14 October 2002 17:15
> Subject: [Leica] Anna's Hummingbird
Doug-
Very nice!! The K64 slide does not seem to have lost it's luster at
all! That 400 Telyt -- THIS is where it shines. You can't stalk wildlife
with a 400 2.8 and R8/motor on a grip! I'm finding that the 2-element
achromat is the way to go when designing a light (but slow) tele lens. Heck,
even the modern Leica Spotting Scope is one - with a prism in the middle (to
fold the path) and an eye piece. The tube (this is the one that fits in the
middle, right?) must be tough to find - From what I know of it (very
little!) you can still infinity focus with it in there - True? All one needs
to do is play with these Telyts, and WHAM! you're hooked!
Edward
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>> I have a "new" scanner, a Polaroid SprintScan 4000 purchased used. There
>> are a lot of old slides I can scan now. This one is from 1988, made while
>> my (then) infant daughter was napping.
>>
>> The Anna's Hummingbird is a year-round resident of the west coast of North
>> America. This particular bird's domain was anywhere within 5 second's
>> flight distance of the feeders in my back yard, a region of about a 1/4
> mile
>> radius (slight exaggeration). He had a favorite perch and fortunately for
>> me it was at my eye level. By approaching slowly and calmly on foot, I
> was
>> able to get within 6 feet of the bird. The 400mm Telyt will focus that
>> close with the dedicated extension tube 14182. The tech stuff: hand-held
>> Leicaflex SL with 400mm f/6.8 Telyt, shoulder stock, 14182 extension tube,
>> K64.
>>
>> The URL: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anhu0.html
>>
>> Doug Herr
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