[Leica] traveling to Turkey and Greece this week

[Ken Carney]

A redneck Fuji.  I thought every possible use for duct tape had been 
found, but no.

Ken

On 6/30/2015 7:04 AM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> 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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