[Leica] Traveling with a camera

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

My math brings me to two Om-1's being about the same size as a full frame
Modern DSLR certainly a Nikon D700. The lenes would be about 20% bigger if
you matched them lens per lens but they way people work now is with one or
two zooms certainly the smart option in this case.
No not only are you not worse off you are actually a heck of a lot BETTER
off than the days of film. By a country mile.
The bricks of film = a few cards.

My experience directly is from doing road trips with
A. DSLR's (cropped),
B. SLR's and film.
C. Leica M6's and a set of glass.
D. Hasselblads.
I'll take A. any day.

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Mark William Rabiner
Photography
mark at rabinergroup.com


> From: Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:56:38 -0500 (CDT)
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Traveling with a camera
> 
> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010  Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> (excerpted)...
> 
>> I long for a quality DSLR the size and solidity of the Olympus OM series 
>> or
>> even the Leica III series. I neither need nor want the bells and whistles,
>> including the 27 exposure modes built into most modern cameras. I can 
>> think
>> for myself, thank you, and set the camera as needed.
> ==============================================================================
> =====================
> I have the same wish/philosophy. I hate bulky cameras.
> 
> I'm not sure if I could do now what I did in 1993, when I traveled through
> England and the Isle of Man on a motorcycle, shooting stock photos.  
> Because I
> used Olympus OM equipment, along with my clothing and other personal items 
> for
> a trip of two weeks on a bike, I was able to pack two OM bodies(for 
> Kodachrome
> and B&W), 21, 50, 100 and 300mm lenses, a small Vivitar tripod, and an 
> Olympus
> Stylus.  Because I needed lenses longer than what an M8/M9 supports, and 
> from
> what Tina says about QC, these days I'd have to use a huge DSLR body and
> lenses, extra (big) batteries, and chargers, etc.  Trying to carry all 
> this on
> a motorcycle might not be practical. Or maybe I'm wrong; Nathan could 
> probably
> set me straight.
> 
>  
> Alan
> 
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> UPAA POY 1978
> University Information Technology Services
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> amr3 at uwm.edu
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> 
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