Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]if you want to check that kind of thing, you just take along a 2-3lb PC laptop with a 40GB drive in it. might still be lighter than 300 rolls of film. Pete On Sunday, Oct 19, 2003, at 14:39 US/Eastern, Jim Laurel wrote: > Tina- > Using the Digital Albums, how do you determine if your DSLR sensor has > gathered dust throughout the day? Of course, how would you "know" > that your > camera isn't scratching your film? > > I realize the MAJOR benefit of digital whenever I sit down at the film > scanner! > > --Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 10:57 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Is digital photography necrophilia? > > >> Jim - >> >> One of the reasons I've gone digital for long trips is to save my >> knees. One 10 ounce Digital Album holds 20 GB of photos and weighs >> much >> less than the 300 rolls of film I would need to carry and get through > every >> airport inspection. I also carry a portable CD burner - very small >> and >> light. Both operate on AA batteries. I can leave both downloading >> in the >> hotel room or tent while I go down to the bar or hammock ;-) >> >> Tina >> >> >> At 10:32 AM 10/19/2003 -0700, you wrote: >>> I will be in the Far East for a month this November, then in North >>> Africa >>> for a month in Dec/Jan. I think I'll invite B.D. along to guard the > $10,000 >>> worth of digital accessories (laptops, hard drives, satphones, etc) > whenever >>> I walk away from the car to shoot, and to haul the two 30lb Pelican >>> cases >>> that contain it all in and out of hotels and inns, onto buses, >>> trains, > etc. >>> Oh, and when surly border officials question us about why we are >>> carrying > a >>> bunch of spy equipment, it will suddenly all belong to B.D! "Gee >>> sir, I >>> don't know anything about that stuff. It belongs to this guy here. >>> No...sorry, I don't know him at all". Every evening, I'll have him >>> do > the >>> downloading and backing up, while I go down to the bar. When we get > back, >>> we can all quiz him on the wonders of digital photography. >>> >>> All in fun! ;-) >>> >>> --Jim (tongue firmly in cheek) >> >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> >> http://www.pdiphotos.com >> http://www.workbookstock.com >> http://www.newscom.com >> http://www.americanphotojournalist.com >> >> >> -- >> 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html