[Leica] Leica MM AND PACKING 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TINA!!

Tue Feb 2 10:07:16 PST 2016

I'd bring some nice Leica glass with both the Monochrom as well as color
bodies. Maybe they'd even be some overlap as to batteries and chargers.

On 2/1/16 7:19 PM, "Ted Grant" <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

>>>>> I packed for this trip as a rehearsal for our trip to Iran.  My main >>
>>>>> complaint was that if I take my favorite cameras, the Leica MM, the Leica
>>>>> M204, and the Leica SL, I will be carrying 3 different 
>>batteries and
>>>>> three different chargers.<<<

Hi Tina,
My immediate re-action even though
>>>>> it appears IRAN & USA are now sort of buddies??????????????
The more gear
>>>>> you take the more you are going to look like a CIA or other SPY type and
>>>>> not the honest to goodness tourists you will be!
ERGO? Take the minimalist
>>>>> amount of gear to actually shoot the major amount of tourist photos you
>>>>> wish and will be looking for. Yep I know the Iranian folks are nice and
>>>>> friendly and all that and you and Tom are good looking honest to goodness
>>>>> tourists.
SO ABSOLUTELY LOOK LIKE IT! PERIOD!
Gear? 
So OK two camera
>>>>> bodies sounds and looks reasonable. 3? With 3 various charging units is
>>>>> madness! Quite simply put yourself in the "security persons position"
>>>>> looking at all the cables, lenses, camera bodies etc??
" YOU ARE GUILTY!
>>>>> YOU ARE SOME KIND OF SPY WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT! IRAN ISN'T THE
>>>>> COUNTRY YOU AND TOM LIVED IN WAY BACK WHEN?

2 camera bodies USING  same
>>>>> lenses. You  already know what most of your scenes will be and what the
>>>>> most common daily use lenses will be required. Besides you are much older
>>>>> than the days way back when and the camera "BAGS ARE HEAVIER WHETHER YOU
>>>>> LIKE IT OR NOT!" :-( Sorry!

I'd play absolute hard ball on the equipment.
>>>>> Sometimes when we feel we're short changing ourselves on the gear? Is just
>>>>> the time when you put a lens to work due to your talent in such a fashion
>>>>> you come away with majestic images due to your years of experience and
>>>>> natural talents that you never thought possible. Believing it was never
>>>>> possible? UNTIL..... CLICK!  "Holy Cow look at that!" And you smile giving
>>>>> yourself a nice little pat on the back! Don't over gear yourself! :-(
Go
>>>>> with the attitude this is going to be a wonderful adventure and it will be
>>>>> if you stay cool...... "IT ISN'T An ASSIGNED TRIP" where you have a client
>>>>> waiting for you to get home.  Even so, if you did and you went with one
>>>>> camera (((DON'T))) YOU HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL INATE TALENTS!" you'd still
>>>>> blow the client away believing you were " super woman photog!" :-) We know
>>>>> you are, but we'll never tell!  :-) 

And yes it's easy to sit here and
>>>>> cheer you on! But we're not the ones about to fly into this unknown 2016
>>>>> world of today! Our thoughts and prayers will be with you and Tom every
>>>>> day until you are home.  
The Great Spirit will be right handy all the
>>>>> time. "HE" told me when I offered my prayers for a safe & successful trip
>>>>> and shoot!
cheers
Ted Grant OC

-----Original
>>>>> Message-----
From: LUG
>>>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve
>>>>> Barbour
Sent: February-01-16 2:37 PM
To: LUG list
Subject: Re: [Leica]
>>>>> Leica MM

> On Feb 1, 2016, at 2:27 PM, Robert Baron
>>>>> <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My 2 cents worth:
> 
> --I would
>>>>> never go on an important trip with just one Leica body;
> 
> --I agree the
>>>>> MM is too limiting in any event.
> 
> ‹Bob

I totally agree;in my limited
>>>>> experience my most trustworthy M7 failed two days into a 3 week trip to
>>>>> France, what happened was not pretty, but it was very
>>>>> expensive.

steve

> 
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Tina Manley
>>>>> <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> 
>> LUG:
>> 
>> I packed for this trip as
>>>>> a rehearsal for our trip to Iran.  My main
>> complaint was that if I take
>>>>> my favorite cameras, the Leica MM, the Leica
>> M204, and the Leica SL, I
>>>>> will be carrying 3 different batteries and three
>> different chargers.
>>
>>>>> 
>> I am so, so tempted to just take the Leica MM.
>> 
>> Talk me out of
>>>>> it.
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> --
>> Tina Manley
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>>> 
>> www.tinamanley.com
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>>
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