[Leica] traveling to Turkey and Greece this week

[Douglas Barry]

And that's the point of the whole exercise!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mehrdad" <msadat at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] traveling to Turkey and Greece this week


> thats one ugly camera.
>
>  -------------------------------------
>  regards, mehrdad
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:04 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> 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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