Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You will of course be bombarded ;-) and thanks for the good vibes. Only 2 weeks to go Cheers On 19/09/2004, at 11:40 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > I am anxious to see the images. Steve > > Alastair Firkin wrote: > >> Thanks Marc, I have thought of hiring a troup of porters, but it >> seems it will be just me and therefore a more limited array of gear. >> I don't think we sleep at 5500, only scale that height to capture the >> vistas. Not that the height of Gorak Shep or Gokyo are to be sneezed >> at. We have given ourselves an extra 4 days over the rate which was >> originally proposed, and if we only make it to one of the two main >> destinations, I'll still be happy and content. >> Cheers >> On 19/09/2004, at 7:51 AM, Marc James Small wrote: >>> At 01:44 PM 9/17/04 +1000, firkin wrote: >>> >>>> Ok, I'm climbing to over 5500 meters, the air is thin and the UV >>>> must be >>>> high: now can I use (should I use) a UV filter? >>>> >>>> tips please on mountain photography: >>>> how wide an angle lens will I need? >>>> how much in the telephoto range would be useful? >>>> how can I keep the weight down? >>> >>> >>> Alaistair >>> >>> There are two conflicting realities in this: >>> >>> First, you do not wish to carry a lot of weight with you and, of >>> course >>> >>> Second, you want to have a really good wide-angle lens and a really >>> good >>> long-focus lens for topographic photography, and either a 35mm or >>> 50mm lens >>> for shooting around your camp and taking pictures of your party in >>> action. >>> I would recommend a Questar (1300mm), a Viso outfit of the 400, 280, >>> and >>> 200 lenses, and Leica RF lenses -- 3.4/135, 2/90 APO Asph, 1.4/50, >>> and >>> below this your choices are your own. But that load would require a >>> party >>> of three Sherpas to tote, so I would probably restrict it to a >>> 3.4/135, >>> either a 1.4/50 or a 1.4/35, and a wide lens to your choice. >>> >>> Third, 5500 meters is 18,000 feet in real terms. This is pretty >>> much the >>> cutting edge for high-altitude adventure. If you are going to use >>> oxygen, >>> make certain that you sleep with your gear in place and operating. >>> If not, >>> then go high for a week or tenday, and then go low for at least a >>> week. >>> You ought to then be fully acclimatized. (18,000 feet is the >>> absolute >>> limit for extended humna existence without oxygen and, even then, >>> this >>> works best with folks adapted to it such as Peruvians and Tibetans.) >>> >>> Smoking helps. If you are a smoker, light up at altitude and the >>> kick of >>> the nicotine helps you adjust more rapidly to the effects of reduced >>> air >>> pressure. >>> >>> Marc >>> >>> msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >>> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> Alastair >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair