[Leica] What would you take to Peru?

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

Clayton, the high UV problems - that should affect B&W film too right? I
have heard it but saw some evidence of it, but not enough to confirm.

Thanks.


On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:21 PM, R. Clayton McKee <rcmphoto at 
yahoo.com>wrote:

> High UV filters.  You get up in the Andes and unless you're a TREMENDOUS
> fan of blue chromes.... You're going to want them.
>
>
> R. Clayton McKee
> PhotoJournalist
> from somewhere just south of somewhere else...
>
>
> >________________________________
> > From: Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net>
> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 9:43 PM
> >Subject: [Leica] What would you take to Peru?
> >
> >
> >Since this is sometimes a place for abstraction, I'll pose a hypothetical.
> >
> >Assume that you are a male in good physical conditioning.  If you are
> going traipsing around in the mountains and among ruins in Peru, what would
> you take?  I'm headed out next week.  Usually, no matter where I go, I take
> a Fuji GA645, 20 rolls of 120 film (for b/w), and some small camera for
> color.  Sometimes a 6x9 Fuji instead of the "little" Fuji.  I've been
> pretty good at making it work, as Tim Gunn would say.
> >
> >Aside from Macchu Picchu, I think I can improvise with about anything.
> But up on the mountain (a place where I probably will never return), what
> are the conditions like? Any weird-color light that screws with exposure
> meters (like in the desert)?  Any particular filtration?  Were I to deviate
> from my normal packing, there would be a lot of choices (these are the
> *realistic* ones...)
> >
> >Fuji GA645 (=35mm)
> >- small, light, flawless
> >
> >Fuji GL690 (with 50, 100 and/or 180mm lenses)
> >- heavy as hell, but the 50mm has eye-burning resolution
> >- wants a separate meter
> >- would require 40 rolls of film
> >
> >X100 (=35mm)
> >- very lightweight, some ability to use grad NDs
> >
> >D700 (I can cover anything from 17 to 300mm)
> >- heavy, fast, able to shoot in any light.  Great for ND grads
> >
> >Leica M8 (21 to 90mm)
> >- Not bad for all purposes, but a little heavy
> >
> >Nex-5 (16mm or 18-55 lenses).
> >- kills the X100 in shooting speed. Not bad at taking pictures, either.
> Excels at HD video.
> >- somewhere, in a drawer, I have the superwide lens adapter
> >
> >Neither film nor batteries nor supplies are really an issue. If I took a
> GL690, I would grab a cheaper 50mm (=21mm) finder than my Universal
> Wideangle Finder M, but other than that, this will be off the shelf.  I
> would not take two heavy cameras, but aside from that, the sky is the
> limit. As I would imagine at 10,000 feet.
> >
> >Ideas?  I usually go on gut instinct the day before, but I do like to
> hear different perspectives.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Dante
> >
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