Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Felix, Thanks for the very nice comments! You are correct about the filter. R25 medium red. Film was Fuji Acros. Lens was 21/2.8 ASPH. Dave At 01:09 PM 7/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Dave, I liked viewing your pictures. I mostly like statue watcher. Did >you use a red filter with that and a 35mm asph? This is a FANTASTIC >shot. >Regards >Felix Erazo >www.thrutheviewfinder.com >www.thrutheviewfinder.com/PAW.html > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of David >Rodgers >Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 12:37 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] Traveling with film > >Just returned from a few weeks traveling through France and Germany. >Lots >of time beforehand deciding what equipment to take. Wanted to travel >light. >Real question was whether or not to take a digital camera. Ended up, I >left >the Canon G2 and digital Elph at home. Took one M6 and a Contax T2. Shot > >b/w and slide film only. Shot slides about 3 to 1. Wish I'd shot more >b/w. > >Lessons learned...for travel film's better than digital. With digital >I'd >have needed my laptop (which remained home). Even with a handful of CF >cards, or a high capacity Microdrive I'd have had less capacity than the > >dozens of rolls of film that I shot. Plus with a Micro all my eggs >would've >been in one basket. I'm much the techie, but I still know film better >and I >trust it more. > >...film's a must for super wide shots. Used my 21/2.8 Elmarit ASPH a >great >deal (what's that a 5mm lens on a digital camera?). Used it more than >half >the time. Used my 35/1.4 ASPH the other half. Hardly used my 90/2.8 >Elmarit. After a few days I stopped carrying it. Didn't take a 50 and >didn't miss it. Keep reminded myself that less is better for travel. > >Used the M6 10 to 1 over the T2, but the T2 was handy...and convenient. >Better, that, I think, than my second M. A couple of times I had the >wrong >film type in the M (b/w and wanted slide, or visa versa). Did some >mid-roll >switching. Ended up double exposing one roll. Aso took my trusty Vivtar > >2800 flash. Came in handy a few times. Used a piece of Somerset Velvet >paper for bounce. Attached a tiny piece of Velcro to it and to my flash. > >Inexpensive yet very fast and functional. (Had a backup bounce but never > >lost the first. Kept it in my Passport. Always handy). > >You guys on the Continent are lucky...film's certainly less expensive >than >it is in the States. Next time I'm taking less with me and buying along > >the way. > >Here's a link to some early shots...all b/w. >http://www.lightcurves.com/europe02/europebw.html > >Dave > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html