Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well I have great experience at altitude and climbing... but not as a Leica user - I still consider myself a 'newbie' at this. I guess the thing I am most concerned about is the control of light - it can get quite bright. > Where are you going? This month is Ranier - then a few volcanos in Ecuador around the new year. ************************************* I haven't had any problems with my Leicas at altitude. Things can get pretty bright though and you do have to take some care in metering. If I can I usually try and bracket a bit, especially if shooting slides. If it's a bright sunny day I typically meter off the north sky and bracket a half stop either side. I have never bothered to use uv filters or polarizers. I have a number of shots from up on Rainier where the sky is so dark blue that if I had used a polarizer it would have come out black! A number of people have questioned me on how I was able to get the sky so dark, convinced I had used some special effects filter. The biggest problem I tend to have in taking pictures when doing a climb like Rainier has to do with exhaustion and altitude effects. When you're exhausted, have a splitting headache, and feel nauseous, you have less a tendency to take pictures, and when you do take pictures you are less likely to be thinking clearly about what you are doing. I might also be up on Rainier sometime this next month with a buddy. I'm not sure which weekend or route yet. Which way are you going and when? If you see a guy with a black M6 with a couple of strategically placed Power Puff girl stickers, it's probably me. Tom Finnegan Seattle