[Leica] traveling to Turkey and Greece this week

[Douglas Barry]

Richard, it's along time since I've been in Greece and I've never been to 
Turkey, but with all these places - and I'm including the US, Ireland, 
etc. - there are thieves, and pickpockets. So I now always make my better 
cameras look disreputable, and never carry a quality camera bag without 
making it look tatty too. Here's a picture of my Fuji X100S which is just 
over two years old, but is disguised with tatty duct tape.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Oddments/Fuji+X100S.jpg.html

If you're bringing a nice camera bag such as a Billington, make sure it has 
its share of distressed duct tape too, and don't wear expensive clothes, or 
wear a Rolex. If you're trying to impress anybody, make sure you try not to 
impress thieves as well!!

Have a nice trip.

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Clompus" <rclompus at mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 3:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] traveling to Turkey and Greece this week


> Thank you for the recommendations.  Visiting a country for the first time 
> always gives me a unique perspective and excitement.  You see things 
> differently after returning two or three times.  As usual, I’ll probably 
> use my 35 Summicron or 50 Summilux most frequently.  I always take a wide 
> angle and telephoto lenses but they seem to stay in my camera bag for most 
> of my travels.  It will be nice using an M body and not having to carry a 
> heavy Canon 5D Mk3 with a zoom lens on it.  Hopefully, people will just 
> ignore a guy wearing a Tilley hat with an “old camera” taking photos.
>
> Be well,
> Richard
>
>> On Jun 29, 2015, at 5:02 PM, mehrdad <msadat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> greece would be quite interesting with all that is going on, make sure 
>> you
>> are light on your feet in athens go into the city with just enough cash 
>> for
>> the day. most of the places you will visit will be very crowed which will
>> include a lot of demonstrations
>>
>> Istanbul will be busy, warm but nice and safe. have lunch @ hamdi terrace
>> (make reservation for balcony), try khrosani (get direction) near grand
>> bazar for lunch. lots of stuff to see in old town. for transportation use
>> the tram if possible much faster.
>>
>>  -------------------------------------
>>  regards, mehrdad
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Richard Clompus <rclompus at mac.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I’m traveling to Turkey and Greece with my wife this week for 9 days of
>>> Leica photography. Nights will be spent on a small cruise ship ending 
>>> with
>>> four days in Athens.  I’m bringing cash in the event plastic is not
>>> accepted. Banks are in flux at this point.  This is my first trip to 
>>> both
>>> countries and looking forward to a few thousand photos with an M240 and
>>> lenses.
>>>
>>> Any last minute suggestions to maximize the photo opportunity?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Safe travels,
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> Richard Clompus
>>> California
>>>
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