Re: [Leica] Baby Photos

["CCX Net" <ccxnet@ccxnet.com>]

A word from a Granpaw... just try to chill out and keep cool... and find a
friend to handle the photographic details.

R.


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Moore" <dmm@bronze.lcs.mit.edu>
To: "Peter Zak" <pzak@desidero.com.au>
Cc: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Baby Photos


>
> > In about 1 week I'm going to be a dad, I've been think for some time of
how
> > to best capture the moment and also not to be stuffing around with
cameras
> > at a time like that.
> >
> > What I've got it down to is my M6 with 50mm 'Cron loaded with maybe
> > Kodachrome 200 (archival) with a Tc-1 Minolta with NHG ?
>
> Congratulations in advance.  We just went through this with our first son.
> I took two bodies and three lenses, and film was slides and B&W negative.
> (I wanted slide film for our annual family slide show, and B&W for
> printable "historical" photos).
>
> It was all far too much.
>
> I suggest you take one main body/lens, and maybe a small P&S or something
> else as a backup if you're concerned about it.  If (when) we do it again,
> I will take an M6 with 35/1.4 (a 35/2 would do) and B&W ISO 400.  I
> figure I can always crudely convert a B&W print to a slide for the
> slide show.  A tiny IIIf with 50/3.5 collapsable Elmar is always my
> backup.
>
> I found 35 to be much more useful than 50 in this situation.  You're in
> cramped quarters (operating room, hospital room), with visitors, groups of
> people, lots of interesting context.  The additional DOF of a 35, along
> with its slower handheld shutter speeds, is very useful here.
>
> As usual, too much gear just gets in the way of taking photos.
>
> --Andrew
> NO ARCHIVE
>
>