Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Georgette Oden wrote: >> >> Mainly I'm not thinking of my Leica as a travel-oriented camera, although >> it can be ideal for that. I'm thinking of it as a photojournalist's >> camera, tiny, quiet, light, unintimidating to children/folk in the 3rd >> World, and to the uninitiated, doesn't scream "steal me" like an F5 (or my >> EOS) does. I have to have pretty fast lenses, which is why I'm thinking a >> 35/1.4 and a 90/2. (Flash can be so distracting that I'd rather use 3200 >> film and have the lens wide open than deal with a flash.) I'll also be >> carrying my EOS (and probably my FT2 as well...) but not around my neck... >> those will be in the pack. Easily half the weight of my standard journey >> backpack is cameras/film... maybe 3 changes of clothes and a spare pair of >> shoes, maybe not. Gotta have priorities. :) >> >> Georgette I have had found the following outfit very useful traveling in the thrid world (mostly Africa): M5 28 Elmarit 50 Summilux 90 Summicron This combination seems to have the best ratio of focal lenght/speed to bulk. - -- Matthew A. Cenzer Department of History Northwestern University mailto:mcenzer@nwu.edu