[Leica] Re: Inner Mongolia

[cchan at pldtdsl.net (Nelson Chan)]

Hi Lawrence,

Thank you for your advise.  I will surely keep warm given that I resides in 
the sunny tropical Philippines, our weather here is a stable sunny 29C all 
year round except for a couple months of rain.

I will be bringing maximum 2 bodies either all in 35mm or one 35mm and the 
other MF.  Four lenses maximum for the 2 bodies and lots of film.


Regards,

Nelson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:16 AM
Subject: [Leica] Re: Inner Mongolia


> I've never traveled to Inner Mongolia but I have spent a lot of time 
> working and photographing in India, Nepal, and Southeast Asia. My  basic 
> suggestion is keep it simple. Take equipment you are familiar  with, 
> preferably mechanically operated Leicas or SLRs, a few lenses  and a 
> backup body. The last thing you want to worry about is the  operation of 
> unfamiliar gear. While China is now a technologically  sophisticated 
> country, if a camera breaks in Inner Mongolia, I doubt  that you will be 
> able to get it repaired over the weekend. I would  take a lot of color 
> print film, the slowest speed film you can live  with. It is far more 
> resistant to poorly maintained airport x-ray  equipment. You can always 
> make pretty good B&W prints from color  negatives, not so the other way 
> around.
>
> Weight and portability is always an issue. The camera and lenses left  in 
> a hotel room or on the bus doesn't do much for picture taking. Let  the 
> other guys worry about schlepping equipment while you are taking  a lot of 
> pictures. Finally, take a quality pocket camera as an  ultimate backup and 
> to have one with you all the time. I used to  carry a Rollei 35SE but 
> since I largely converted to digital, I carry  an even smaller Canon 
> Digital Elph. It is the last of the tiny Canons  that takes a CF card. A 2 
> GB card will let me take 1000 pictures at  the camera's high quality JPEG 
> setting. Besides the digital media is  immune to airport x-rays.
>
> I understand that despite Global Warming, it is very cold in Inner 
> Mongolia in February. Dress warmly and practice operating your  cameras 
> with gloves. Finally, don't get so caught up in equipment  anxiety that 
> you forget about enjoying the trip.
>
> Bon voyage,     Larry Z
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