[Leica] Camera Burden - was Olympus Pen FT

[cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer)]

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> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:08:55 -0000
> From: "Douglas Barry" <imra@iol.ie>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Olympus Pen Ft
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>
> Thanks to everybody for all that information.
>
> I bought 10 rolls of the 3200 Tmax as I'm off to Rome in a couple  
> of weeks,
> and, with the low winter light, wanted something that was quick  
> enough. I
> won't be bringing the Pen FT there, but rather an M3, Ricoh GR1,  
> Balda Super
> Baldax, and a Nikon D200. With these, I'll be waddling around the  
> Vatican
> with a body a tad burdened down, albeit if I get a blessing from  
> Benedict a
> well known local resident, my soul should be uplifted <grin>
>
> I also bought Delta 3200 so will probably bring that as well as  
> some rolls
> of their 400. Ironically, with eight of us going from the local  
> camera club,
> I'm the only one who be travelling with film, as the rest have  
> moved to
> digital. Ah, progress, or whatever you may care to call it.
>
> Douglas
> _________
> Douglas Barry
> Bray, Co. Wicklow
> Republic of Ireland


Douglas, I agree with Sonny - take less equipment. I'm just back as  
you know, from a long sojourn in Europe, burdened down with an M8  
outfit and a D700 outfit plus pano tools and there were days when I  
wished I had left the lot at home and opted for my wife's Canon D9.
Cheers
Howard