RE: [Leica] Trusting vacation photos to digital

["bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

But that IS fun for Kyle, Bob - You don't have to do it; nor does anyone
who doesn't consider it fun, unless, as you said, they're working. I,
personally, don't take many photos of any kind when I travel, and have a
hard time understanding why anyone does or would. I want to enjoy and
experience the new environment, not spend my time taking photos of it.
But for the few shots I do take, these days I'd be more likely to take a
digital camera and not worry about film, processing, airport problems,
etc. But that's just me.

BTW - There are any number of devices designed as "carriers" for digital
images - take the card out of the camera, pop it into the digital
"wallet," go back to shooting. When you get home, transfer the contents
of the digital wallet to your computer. 

B. D.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Bob Haight
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 3:55 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Trusting vacation photos to digital


Kyle, your post follows my earlier post on a somewhat
humorous note, but makes my point. Why go on a
vacation, not an assignment, and spend your evenings
uploading photos anywhere. Part of the fun of a
vacation is to get away from that computer or modem
and enjoy those evenings doing something you do not do
all year long. It is not so much a digital/film
argument as escaping the trappings of instant tech communication. Just
because we can take a photo in Egypt at 4PM and transmit it anywhere
that evening doesn't mean we should have to do that during a vacation.
Perhaps, digital is complicating a process which was really fairly
simple and will result in less output not more of high quality. Bob
Haight--- Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> wrote:
> Sam warns:
> 
> >OTOH trusting a 2 week 10K vacation on digital
> alone is out of the
> >question. YMMV
> 
> The last several times I've been overseas, I've gone
> digital only and found
> it a lot more reliable than film, at the end of the
> day, I uploaded my
> images back home, and, if some of you remember my
> Egypt trip, I was updating
> the lug with photos as I went. No film getting lost,
> no x-ray hazards, no
> finding out six weeks later that your rangefinder is
> out of alignment.....
> What I agree with is "trusting an important event to
> a single camera is out
> of the question"  I'd always bring two bodies, but
> few leica shooters would
> take no backup to a once in a lifetime event
> either.....
> 
> I'm surprised nobody's mentioned film in regards to
> "I don't want to be
> dependent on batteries". While I've never had
> batteries go dead on me during
> an assignment, I HAVE run out of film. You cant
> backup and erase the
> screwups to free up more space on film.... And I'm
> getting nearly 600 photos
> on a microdrive anyway....
> 
> Just my overrated two cents.
> 
> Kyle
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