Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Leica Q might have tempted me if the price was reasonable. At that price, for me at least, it is a no go. Might as well put in some extra tosh and buy the Fuji or Hasselblad mirrorless semi MF mirrorless offerings! Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 6:15 AM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com >>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- >>> 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information