Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi James, If you are going to be abducted, an old, completely-mechanical M camera will be perfect to record your voyage because electromagnetic radiation is sure to confuse our "modern" electronic measuring circuits. Estimate the exposures. Use a film like Tri-X that is very forgiving. Take a small kit with some developer, fixer, and a developing tank. Your hosts will most probably have forgotton chemical-based imaging technology centuries before their visit to earth, and may be quite impressed that primitive technology such as Leicas and Tri-X work so well. Of course, we do not know what a "century" is because we do not know the period of rotation of their planet around their sun. Oh, oh, this is getting absurb. Also take some peanut butter and some crackers in your kit. Also, you hosts may want a rational explanation for Bill Clinton and Hilary and Monica. After all, if we cannot understand the fuss, imagine the confusion among intelligent visitors from far away. Andy Morang Vicksburg, Mississippi