[Leica] Scaling down my kit

[Sonny Carter]

Oliver,
Have you considered a power chair for getting around?  As a vet, you
probably have access to getting one through the VA.

I mention it, as I’m now using one for my daily work at the Archives and
University Library.  I’ve found it also makes it possible for me to get out
and about town and at festivals and the like.  It makes it easy to carry
cameras, and provides a stable platform to shoot from.

A side benefit, is that I’m lower now, and so my point of view is more
Rollei-like, and I’m liking the stuff I shoot.  I’m also closer to the
flowers, which has become a specialty.

It might just become your most important camera accessory.

Ps.  My background is also cinema work, though my experience was in news
and then tv commercial production.

Sonny Carter



On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 7:14 PM Oliver Bryk via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Hello Richard,
>
> Thank you for your perceptive comments. My “radius of activity” as I call
> it, i.e., how far can I go on any given day and what obstacles must I avoid
> because of Fall Risk,has shrunk drastically. I have found previously
> ignored opportunities for using the 24mm and 35mm lenses.
> “F/16 and be there!”
> Oliver
> PS I was a Signal Corps cinematographer “Combat Cameraman"
>
> > On May 14, 2019, at 15:01, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
> >
> > Oliver, sorry to hear that. I would for sure keep the 35mm as that's
> about the normal lens for the 1.3 crop. If it is me, I would also keep the
> 24mm for its 35mm-ish equivalence... Then again, I am a 35/50 person. Tele
> for me are only for portraits...
> >
> > On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 2:36 PM Oliver Bryk via LUG <lug at leica-users.org
> <mailto:lug at leica-users.org>> wrote:
> > I now have about 6 months experience of being a 90 years old disabled
> Veteran, walking with a cane, avoiding uneven terrain, and tiring easily.
> >
> > Street photography is no longer an option because holding anything
> larger than a cell phone to your face will get you hit over the head and
> relieved of your Leica.
> >
> > I shall be grateful for suggestions on which two lenses to keep with my
> M8,
> >
> > Summicron 50mm, Summicron 35mm ASPH, Elmarit 24mm ASPH, Elmarit 28mm
> ASPH, Elmarit 90mm.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Oliver Bryk
> >
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