[Leica] A motorcycle ride in southern Friesland

[woc2 at earthlink.net (Bill O'Connell)]

Nathan,
SHMBO'd in this this household has a G5 which we debated upgrading to a 6
but will probably wait a day or two for the 7 :->  She got it for trips when
she does not feel like lugging a lot of stuff along - or does not have me to
do it for her...

As mentioned, the pictures were great!  Figured it might not a Leica when
you mentioned where you carried it.
I often carry my Olympus 500 with me when I ride because of it's water/dust
resistance and fitting in my shirt pocket but tend not be overly pleased
with the results - more like taking snapshots.  I may have to upgrade to the
G5 after seeing your work.

Often wonder what, if any, impact the vibration of the bike will have on a
digital camera.  They seem for fragile then their film counterparts.
Granted the R1100 is pretty smooth but still has a constant vibration at
road speeds.

Passed your photos along to the owner of the G5 and suggested it may be time
to add this area to the trip list.  This fall is already set up for a trip
to Greece  The agency she runs specializes in Greece trips so we go there
every other year or so but I can see the Netherlands looming on the horizon.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+woc2=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+woc2=earthlink.net@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of Nathan
Wajsman
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 1:23 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] A motorcycle ride in southern Friesland


Thanks, Bill. In the interest of full disclosure, but with considerable
trepidation, I confess that all the pictures in this series were taken
with a Canon G6 point-and-shoot. I chose that one as my pocket camera,
because it actually fits in my pocket, because it allows me manual
overrides when I need them, because it gives me RAW, and because it uses
the same batteries and CF cards as my 20D SLR.

I hate it when family duties infringe on riding time, especially on a
lovely Saturday morning, a rarity in this country. But SWMBO was
visiting friends in Switzerland that weekend :-)

Nathan

Bill O'Connell wrote:

> Nathan,
>   Pictures are great, inspires a future visit.
>   Curious, what is the little camera you had in the pocket of your jacket?
>   Was supposed to do something similar today with a friend but family
duties
> called, so our motorcycle ride was called off.
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+woc2=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+woc2=earthlink.net@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of Nathan
> Wajsman
> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 7:12 AM
> To: LEG; Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] A motorcycle ride in southern Friesland
>
>
> A couple of weeks ago I got up early, took my motorcycle, and rode
> through part of southern Friesland, following roughly an itinerary
> suggested by a Dutch motorcycle magazine. Friesland is a lovely part of
> this country, different in character (and language) from the rest of the
> Netherlands. It also has the virtue of being the part of the Netherlands
> that is closest to Denmark :-)
>
> In any event, I did have a camera in the pocket of my motorcycle jacket,
> and have put up a small selection of the resulting pictures:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexfriesland.html
>
> Hopefully you will get a flavor of this beautiful place.
>
> Nathan
> --
> Nathan Wajsman
> Almere, The Netherlands
>
> General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com
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> Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman
> http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507
> Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com

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