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

Tue Feb 2 11:09:38 PST 2016

$2800.  I think it's quite a bargain!  I've been lusting after the new MM
after trying out a friend's the other day.  This one just fell into my
lap!  Not a planned expense but I'm glad I'll be taking the same battery
charger and batteries for the M240 and MM246.

Tina

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 2:06 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:

> Cool, how much did the upgrade cost? My M9 (was sent via sea from NZ
> arrived last Dec) is needing a new sensor as well..... Would rather have an
> M(246) than the M9 back....
>
> john
> ________________________________________
>
> 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
> >
> > -----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
> > >>
>
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