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Subject: [Leica] Northern Lights Trip
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:45:39 -0600
References: <CA+yJO1DDykUmsT=OFC0BaoyNOpKd1m6uST6P8yE7p7VrvE-htg@mail.gmail.com> <krqh1w01M07g8Sg01rqiAn>

That is very interesting.? My walking-around outfit is a Fuji XE-2 with 
a 23mm 1.4.? I have a Duluth "tradesman's" vest with the 56mm 1.2 in one 
pocket and the 14mm 2.8 in another.? At the hotel I have another Fuji 
body and a 35mm 1.4 as a backup.? I use the 23mm and the 14mm about 75% 
of the time...maybe I should sell a kidney and look into the Leica Q.? 
Just one little package to lug around.

Ken


On 12/11/2017 9:49 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> That hardly constitutes as traveling light!
>
> My usual lightweight kit is Fuji XE-1 with the 56mm f1.2 (85mm equivalent)
> and the Fuji X100S, which has a fixed 23mm f2 lens (35mm equivalent). If I
> need to photograph a wide angle view, I will just take a multi frame
> panorama, that is all. This pretty much lets me do what I want, except
> shoot action/wildlife, with a backup body, to boot!
>
> If I replace the X100S with the X100F, then the batteries are common with
> the rest of the X series as well, which further reduces the mess we have to
> carry!
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 3:56 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> PESO:
>>
>> One of the items on our bucket list is to see and photograph the Northern
>> Lights.  We have planned a 25 day trip through Norway and Sweden beginning
>> January 24 until February 17.  It is going to be cold and dark.  We will
>> stay in a cabin on an island some of the time, but there are a lot of
>> transfers from boat to bus to train all along the way.
>>
>> In a nutshell, we need to travel with as little luggage as possible.  
>> Right
>> now, I plan to just carry my SL with the two SL lenses that I have 24-90
>> and 50/1.4.  I have the M to L converter and a couple of M lenses and the 
>> R
>> to L converter and couple of R lenses.  Battery charger, batteries, power
>> pack, memory cards, tiny netbook, downloader, external hard drives, 
>> cables,
>> converters, power plugs.  That should all fit in my Lowepro backpack and 
>> an
>> M Classic satchel.
>>
>> Clothes will be long underwear, jeans, turtlenecks, down coats, boots,
>> gloves, hats, thermal socks - all fitting in one roll-on bag. Small
>> travel-sized tubes of toothpaste, soaps, etc.
>>
>> I've made my list and checked it more than twice.  Am I forgetting
>> anything?  Have you photographed the Northern Lights?  Any 
>> recommendations?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> --
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>> www.tinamanley.com
>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-
>> 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
>>
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