Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/21
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you overcame the problem very well I think!
Are extension tubes available/usable with this lens help you get closer?
Best wishes
Mark
Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK
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(2008)
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Doug Herr wrote:
> A pair of Trumpeter Swans have been visiting a pond in nearby Placer
> County. These birds are only the second recorded sighting of this species
> in Placer county (the first was last spring at the same location).
>
> The most significant problem I faced in making these photos was the 180mm
> f/2.8 APO-Elmarit-R's minimum focus distance.
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/trsw01.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/trsw02.html
>
> technical stuff: R8/DMR, 180mm f/2.8 APO-Elmarit-R, shoulder stock &
> monopod. All comments welcome.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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