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Subject: [Leica] Last minute Cuba problem
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:19:32 +1000
References: <1A7874C8-6810-40FD-B43C-AB101B926112@orange.fr> <3E312D12-18DD-4DD7-8BD5-DB7AC545072C@frozenlight.eu> <cf9d70c6a3f3d1aeda496997249f0744.squirrel@emailmg.globat.com> <017001caabf8$d6d76580$84863080$@net> <3cad89991002120758l16009bacl56c811ed2960d262@mail.gmail.com> <01a201caac42$e3d1b1b0$ab751510$@net> <4BAC7A79-32AB-45AE-AF5A-8D5600DA5EFA@btinternet.com> <B36E89B8-A9F7-4DFD-BBF1-AE400468D597@sfr.fr>

I can't speak for the Brits but some of us do our best to skew the
statistics. Eight computers in this house currently (not counting games
consoles)!
Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 13 February 2010 20:18, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:

>
> Le 13 f?vr. 10 ? 11:00, Frank Dernie a ?crit :
>
>
>
>> I don't know about Cuba, but a lot of British homes do not have a
>> computer, maybe even the majority...
>>
>
> Not quite, times are changing in the Kingdom :-)
> http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=868
> Best
> Ph
>
>
>
> Frank
>>
>> On 13 Feb, 2010, at 00:24, Frank Filippone wrote:
>>
>> HE said......
>>>
>>>
>>> . If you are staying in "homes" as we hope to be, then you are likely to
>>> have your laptop confiscated.
>>>
>>> I assume the home has a desktop?  ( even in Cuba.....)
>>>
>>> Frank Filippone
>>> red735i at earthlink.net
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org
>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i <lug-bounces%2Bred735i>=earthlink.net@
>>> leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Jayanand Govindaraj
>>> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:58 AM
>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Last minute Cuba problem
>>>
>>> Frank,
>>> Where is the desktop?
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at 
>>> earthlink.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bring USB memory card readers.  USB Hard Drive for backup.  Use desktop
>>>> to
>>>> review and copy.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe $150 total.
>>>>
>>>> Sounds way too easy..... am I missing something?
>>>>
>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>> red735i at earthlink.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org
>>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i <lug-bounces%2Bred735i>=earthlink.net@
>>>> leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> afirkin at afirkin.com
>>>> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 12:04 AM
>>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>>> Subject: [Leica] Last minute Cuba problem
>>>>
>>>> Ok, I finally just about go all "digital" and suddenly I'm thinking
>>>> about
>>>> film for our trip to Cuba. WHY? Seems the Cuban government is "prone" to
>>>> taking laptops from visitors and only returning them when you leave. If
>>>> you are staying in "homes" as we hope to be, then you are likely to have
>>>> your laptop confiscated.
>>>>
>>>> So how to travel and back up Olympus Hasselblad and Leica digital
>>>> cameras
>>>> for a month? The best I've come up with is the Epson P7000, but it does
>>>> not support the H'blad files and dng only shows as jpeg previews.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone used the Epson? Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> Alastair
>>>>
>>>>
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Replies: Reply from mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope) ([Leica] Last minute Cuba problem)
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