[Leica] What would you take to Peru?

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Nothing.  Don't use filters at all.  Never have.

Tina

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Dante Stella <dstella1 at 
ameritech.net>wrote:

> RCM -
>
> Stronger than an 010 or a Leica UV/IR?  If it requires something like a
> UV-17 (Tiffen), a UV-B (Hoya)  or a 415 (B+W), I could probably pick one up
> today, but if I already have something kicking around....
>
> Tina - what were you using with the M8?
>
> Thanks!
> Dante
>
> On Mar 24, 2012, at 12:21 AM, R. Clayton McKee 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
> >>
> >> ____________
> >> Dante Stella
> >> http://www.dantestella.com
> >>
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