Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On my vacations, I normally take one or two M bodies and three M lenses to take pictures of my family and a few things really noteworthy. I've managed to only take a P&S a couple of times. I try to switch out of being a photographer....otherwise it is not a vacation for my family if I spend all of my time ignoring them and doing photography... If I'm going somewhere for a week or two to do photography... I take more EQ and I leave my wife and daughter at home... as they won't see me much till after dark and they are more concerned about eating breakfast, lunch and supper than the light. I also personally prefer to have less distractions and competition for my time when I'm shooting. Duane Birkey HCJB World Radio Quito Ecuador Duane's Photographs of Ecuador http://duane_birkey.tripod.com *************************************************** Roland Smith wrote in response to one of my posts: 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