Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Robert, I have also noticed that plane trips and car trips have a very bad effect on various types of equipment, such as photo and electronics. So I have started taking the same precautions as you do. In addition, once my bag with the Leicas is in the overhead bin, I guard it like a hawk to make sure some idiot does not stuff his plastic bag with tax-free whisky on top of it. Nathan Robert G. Stevens wrote: > Tina: > > I have found that the overhead compartments of Air Planes have too much > vibration for cameras. About a year ago, I put my camera bag in a well > stuffed overhead and I think the steward had shifted the bag onto its side > so that the unpadded top was in contact with the bin. The next day when I > put a flash on my Leica R4 I noticed the flash shoe was loose on the > camera. The vibrations must have loosened the screws up. Of course, the > screws are under the top cover, so it had to go to Leica to have the top > cover taken off and the shoe tightened up again. > > This vibration in the planes, trains, and automobiles may be your problem. > I now make a concious effort to never place the camera or bag against any > non padded surface in these vehicles. In other words, it goes under my > seat in the plane and on the carpet of the trunk or the floor of a car. > For example, if you has a camera bag that did not have good padding and > placed it in the back of a jeep, a lot of the vibrations would make it > through to the gear. > > When I took my M6 and some lenses on a long trip with my motorcycle, I had > them in an Billingham Alice bag which I placed on top of a pice of foam > padding I put in the luggage that strapped to my gas tank. This way I was > shure the foam between the Alice and the tank would absorb the vibrations. > In Washinton D.C. photo on my web page you can see part of the Alice bag > sticking out of the tank bag. > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/trip.htm > > Regards, > > Robert Stevens - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photo page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator