Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Feli writes: <<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.>> feli, I spent a year in India traveling to some pretty remote locations on a Fulbright Fellowship. Several suggestions come to mind. First, use only 36 exposure rolls. Use only one type of film. I used an ISO 200 negative color film. Second, buy film locally. Packing 300 rolls of film will take a small suitcase. Unless you are in the Amazon jungles C-41 color film is ubiquitous and is available in the smallest hamlets. Get your film processed at every opportunity. Processing centers use the same machines as in the US and processed films and negatives are not subject to over enthusiastic x-rays at airports. Don't take too much equipment. It is heavy, space consuming, and invites theft. Take one camera body, a couple of lenses (35 and 90 mm) and a good pocket sized backup camera. I used a Rollei 35SE. Of course if you are really pressed for space, get an Olympus Pen F 1/2 frame reflex camera and leave your Leica at home. You can get very decent 8x10s out of a 1/2 frame neg, using modern film. Larry Z - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html