Re: [Leica] Trip to Italy

["Albert Daddario" <adaddario@hotmail.com>]

Great pictures...what made you choose the Fuji 400 print film? AD

>From: "Hans Pahlen" <hans.pahlen@mark.komvux.se>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: [Leica] Trip to Italy
>Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 22:56:49 +0200
>
>Travel report
>
>I like to read travel reports on the LUG, so here is my own humble
>contribution:
>After arriving in Rome, we rented a car at the airport, and went into
>central Rome to meet another Leica enthusiast and shop owner, Luigi
>Crescenzi. It is not easy to navigate in Rome, but with the help of my wife
>and a Rome map, I found the way. We had a very nice lunch, the Italian way,
>with several dishes, and talked a lot about Leica things. Luigi and I are
>very different in our Leica interest. He is a collector, and I am a user. He
>showed me a LTM Summilux 50 prototype lens, and some other very valuable
>things. He had a hard time to understand why I preferred Tom's rapidwinders
>to the original Leicavit. I wonder how many of his clients that are actually
>using their Leica gear...
>
>In the late afternoon we went on North to the Bolsena lake and the small
>city called Marta. On May 14, at 4 AM, the city was awaken by the sound of
>drums and people marching on the streets. But we tried to sleep, and went
>out at 8.30 to photograph the fiest and procession, called the Barabbata.
>I had hoped for some clouds in the morning, but I had to accept the very
>hard light with large contrasts. Exposure was the usual sunny 16, and there
>was nothing I could do about that.
>
>There was already a lot of people on the streets, and I am glad that I
>brought the SA 21. It was almost impossible to use any other lens. Most of
>these shots are B/W Tri-X, not yet developed. As the procession started to
>move, I switched to a Summilux 35 and another body with the Summicron 50 DR.
>I used Fuji negative color in my M4 with the 35, and these 6 rolls were
>developed in a 1 hour lab. Some of these color pix are published at
>http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/5799/barabata.htm
>
>I am satisfied with these shots, although most are merely a recording of
>events. I like the SA 21 shot best, that is on top of the page. That is the
>only shot that I am a little proud of, sofar. I will develop the rolls of
>Tri-X in the next days, and hope for the best.
>
>The procession went all the way up to the church, but after 3 hours I felt
>that it was time for a large beer and a little rest. At 2 PM it was all
>over, and everything went back to normal. Late in the evening there was a
>large fireworks by the beach.
>
>After another day, we went to Rome. This time of the year, before it gets to
>hot, the city is full of tourists. As usual when walking around, I brought
>only one camera with 35 or 50 mm lens. It was so full of tourists, that I
>ended up photographing other tourists!
>Well, not all of the time, but it was hard to find anything genuine apart
>from the usual tourist places. Anyway, we had a very good time, and I burned
>some rolls of Tri-X.
>
>The flight Rome-Brussels was booked on Sabena. However, we were put on a
>Virgin Air flight. This is a budget company, and they only offered a glass
>of water or Coke, nothing to eat whatsoever. I promised myself and my wife
>that this was the first and last time we would accept to fly with this
>company. The Sabena flight Brussels-Gothenburg was like coming to heaven,
>with all the professional services, meals and drinks that we all have been
>used to, and taken for granted.
>
>As we came home, the weather in Sweden had changed to become almost as good
>as in Italy. Great!
>
>/Hans
>


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