Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:36 AM 11/9/00 -0800, Douglas Herr wrote: >In remote parts of the world (i.e., rural Alaska) power supplies are not >reliable. For me, it's enough to think about whether I have enough film >or not. I don't want to also think about whether I'm packing enough >batteries in or not. Ain't that the truth. When I lived and shot in AK, it first determined me to rid myself of my X370 snapshot camera when I had taken it along side my assigned 500CM Hassleblad kit on a shoot "down range." Within 10 minutes at - -70 the X370 (with fresh batteries) locked up tightly....the Hassy continued to snap away without fail not seeming to notice the cold at all. I traded the X370 shortly thereafter for a second SRT body and had them both graphite lubed. The rest of the winter I shot my mechanical shuttered 35's happily in even Ice Fog conditions. Carpe Luminem, Michael