Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I make a resolution each year after my vacation to limit the equipment I take on my vacation. Each year, the quantity grows even to include a tripod and a monopod. I take both 35mm and medium format, the first for color negative film for a Leica M4-2, Yashica T4 and black and white for a Leica M3, Rollei 35s, Fujica 645S, Rollei 3.5F and several Leica lenses. This year I hardly had room for clothing and underwear to clean the lenses. I hope I can use will power and scale down on my next trip. The question has evolved from "what should I take" to " what should I leave behind?" Apparently, I am not unique in this type of behavior. Roland Smith - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Birkey, Duane" <dbirkey@hcjb.org.ec> To: "Leica Users (E-mail)" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 2:22 PM Subject: [Leica] multiple bodies... > My last trip, which was for 7 days in-the-middle of nowhere... was 4 bodies > and 10 lenses. I would have liked to have had 2 more bodies for work and a > 3rd for some personal B&W.. > > I use 100 and 400 color neg and color slide film... For photographing a > mobile medical clinic, some rooms have enough light; some are as dark as all > get-out.... I'm shooting in both situations all throughout the day so > switching films is pointless. And I won't shoot anything on 400 ASA film > unless I have no other choice. > > I spend way too much time changing lenses and it would have been nice to > have had two cameras with the same film in them... but then again.. I can > only carry so much gear. > > I've had enough stuff not work when it should have to always bring 2 of > anything that is indespensible. I also try to pack two seperate bags of > camera gear so in case one gets stolen somewhere along the way.... I have a > workable kit in the other along with enough of each type of film and > batteries etc. > > Duane Birkey > HCJB World Radio > Quito Ecuador > Duane's Photographs of Ecuador > http://duane_birkey.tripod.com > > >