Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe you've answered your own question: "Depends on the individual's shooting style." But then again, maybe not. Ask yourself if you could limit yourself, that is, to simplify, and radically so. Do what the M was designed to give you the freedom to do. Limit yourself and therefore work within those limits. Keep it simple. Very simple. If you could only shoot one roll per day, could you do so and be judicious about what you shot? Could you limit yourself to one picture per day? Does one really need to shoot handfuls of rolls each day? Is it possible that you could use this trip to the remote corner as an exercise in contemplation, that is, to keep things to a minimum so that instead of fussing with two or three cameras and being distracted by that, that instead you take one camera, two lenses, and fill the rest of your bag with x-number of rolls of film (whatever number you determine ahead of time that you absolutely will not exceed) and then allow the limits of what you've created give you the freedom to be creative? Is the goal to come home with beaucoups rolls, each one with one or two good ones on it, or to come back having had a wonderful experience contemplating the images you make, developing deep relationships with a limited number of subjects, and having a few nice negatives, or maybe even more nice shots to show for your time than you might had you taken the winder, the several bodies, the SLR and all the other "schtuff?" Of course, one roll per day translates to just about 42 rolls. That doesn't take up much space at all. Take two per day and you've still saved yourself lots of space. Even three per day is much less than the 300 rolls you propose. I guess it really does depend on the individual's style after all. But is that the shooting style, or the creative style? Just a question. KM - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of feli2@earthlink.net Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:00 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Shooting in the middle of nowhere... Ok, now here's a question. Lets say you were thinking about going on a 4-6 week trip to a remote corner of our lovely little planet, with nary a camera store in sight. You are going to have to carry everything yourself. Right now you are looking at clothes, sleeping bag, 2 M's, 3 lenses and maybe a Xpan or R6.2. Basically a backpack and a small camera bag. Lets assume that your best guess is that you will burn 300 rolls over the course of the 6 weeks. Estimate is based on 2-3 rolls for an average day and maybe 10-15 rolls on a heavy day of shooting (festival etc). 250-300 rolls of film takes up a lot of space. Would you simply buy bulk rolls (color/BW), 2 loaders and a pile of empty cans? Does 250-300 rolls sound like enough or overkill? Of course it depends on the individuals shooting style. The most I've ever shot in a single day was when I sneaked in to the press pool during the Feb 15th 2003 Peace Rally in Hollywood. I burned through about 16 rolls and considering the amount of keepers I got that day, I don't think that was excessive. I followed a Jazz band around for a half dozen shows and averaged about 6-8 rolls per evening. Wandering around Germany for a month I shot about 1-2 rolls on a average day and more when I hit a major cultural landmark. And please, lets skip the 1Ds and a handful of 4GB memory cards option... ;-) Anyone have any commentsor experiences to share? Of course the worst thing that could happen is running out of film... feli - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------- Feli di Giorgio * feli2@earthlink.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html