Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/23
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Some stories are in the making for years , don't forget. If they shoot 2,000
or 20,000 0r 200,000 rolls-- I still think they are the best of the best. No
- - We could not duplicate them. Their lifestyle, knowledge of animal
behaviour, living in tree huts for months, or the frozen tundra, walking
into leach infested lakes up to the neck, above equipment and time ---
separates them from the rest. Yes- they are that good.
Ed
>
> I notice in this months National Geographic that they reckon to use 550
> rolls of film per story. Assuming they use 36 exposure rolls, that means
> they shoot close 19,800 frames per story. Based on using about 10 frames
> per story for publication, this is a success rate of roughly 0.05%. I
> think even I could make that, as could most of us on this board. So are
> the NatGeo guys that good or do we just see the very best? Just a
> passing thought!
>
> Gerry
>
> Gerry Walden LRPS
> www.gwpics.com
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