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

Tue Feb 2 10:38:39 PST 2016

Sounds like a great Groundhog's Day Present to yourself!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 2/2/2016 12:18 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> The whole game has changed.  I sent my M9 in to NJ for repair after
> dropping it on a marble floor in Cuba.  They called today to tell me that
> not only is it really, really wrecked but the sensor is also showing sensor
> corrosion so they offered me an upgrade to the M240, which I already have.
> I asked if I could get the new MM instead and the answer was YES!!  I'll
> have the same battery and battery charger as the M240 so it will be a
> no-brainer to take both.  I'll stick the SL in a side pocket somewhere ;-)
>
> Tina
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
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>> -----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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