RE: [Leica] Heading to Moab. What to take.

["Khoffberg" <khoffberg@email.msn.com>]

Thanks Bryan

I just about always have a tripod with me and yours are good suggestions.
Kevin Hoffberg
(925) 942-2772
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- -----Original Message-----
From:	owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Bryan Willman
Sent:	Wednesday, November 18, 1998 9:52 PM
To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject:	Re: [Leica] Heading to Moab.  What to take.

I've missed some of this thread,
hopefully this is a new thought.

No matter what camera you take for scenics,
take a great tripod.

Great doesn't mean "great giant wopping monster
that must be transported on an elephant".

It does mean "stiff, strong, quick to use"

Even the very hand oriented M cameras have
a standard tripod screw on the bottom.
And really right stuff sells arca swiss plates for them.

Recall that the lack of a mirror means you can
use exposures that even tripod-mounted slrs
have trouble with (1/8th to 1/15th, typically)
these exposures, and longer ones, may help you.

Also, if you are in the Utah desert, the sky
may be very dark and clear at night, so
pix of stars, star trails, and meter showers
may be easy/possible.

And finally, Sexton carries around a little flash
with his Linholf.  I know this because he showed
to us at a talk one night.  You don't need fancy
TTL stuff.  You just need a flash you can control.
I find a nikon sb26 works just fine with an M camera.
Like the ND filters, it helps you control relative
brightness of scene elements, and contrast,
as well as see in the dark.

bmw


- -----Original Message-----
From: Joe Stephenson <joeleica@email.msn.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Heading to Moab. What to take.


>Beer, too. It can be difficult to find in Utah. Seriously, to me the camera
>you take depends more on how you work than on where you do the work. Some
>people like to use wide lenses and trying to get the whole scene in one
>grand photo. Others tend to shoot tighter and isolate parts of a scene. If
>you are really stumped, take it all.
>
>Joe Stephenson
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>> Coffee.  I've never had a decent cup of coffee anywhere in Utah.
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>> Buzz
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>>> I'm heading to Moab Utah the first week of December with a college chum.
>>> Never been there and heard there might be some good picture taking.
>>> Anyone
>>> ever been there?  If so, what would you take?
>>>
>>> I've got Leica M, Canon, and medium format.  I tend towards the 6x6 for
>>> the
>>> grand scenics, particularly if I think I'll need to use ND Grad filters,
>>> but
>>> hate the weight.
>>>
>>> Kevin Hoffberg
>>>
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