Re: [Leica] Washington Field Trip

[Bob Adler <rgacpa@pacbell.net>]

Only time for one martini! Exhaustion took care of the
rest!! :-)
- --- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Bob
> 
> Your photographic methods from equipment to getting
> the
> prints to the parents agree with my opinions.  But
> one
> question;  How many tranquilizers did you need on
> the trip? :-)
> 
> Jerry
> 
> Bob Adler wrote:
> 
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Last week I had the priviledge of traveling with
> my
> > daughter's 7th grade class on a field trip to D.C.
> 41
> > 12/13 year old girls, 10 chaperones, an M6, M7,
> 35/2,
> > 50/1,4, 90/2,8, SF20 and Mr. Konnerman's
> soft-fill.
> > Additionally, Mr. Brick was generous enough to
> loan me
> > his RapidWinder which was placed on the M7. I
> wanted
> > to share some thoughts with you about the
> performance
> > of my equipment and film vs digital.
> >
> > One of the primary reasons that I moved to Leica
> was
> > to downsize the weight/volume of the equipment I
> had
> > to carry on "assignments" like this without loss
> (and
> > perhaps increase) of optical quality. I was able
> to
> > carry all of this photo equipment, plus cleaning
> > supplies in a small, Domke PhotoRunner pack. What
> a
> > delight! All that photo capability hanging on my
> hip
> > at minimal weight and easily accessible.
> >
> > The equipment performed absolutely flawlessly. I
> shot
> > 10 rolls and got back 346 well exposed (and if I
> may
> > boast a little, well focused!) negatives. My M7
> > batteries went down, but I expected that and had
> > spares, so not a shot was missed. I love this
> > equipment!!
> >
> > I've often thought of moving back to SLRs for
> digital
> > shooting. I was concerned that digital would be
> better
> > for this type of trip as I could see if I got a
> shot,
> > could shoot a lot more, and could distribute the
> > results to the parents quickly (electronically).
> From
> > this experience, I'd say there is no need. My
> > negatives were developed with 2 prints each and
> medium
> > sized TIFF files burned to CDs for each roll
> within 24
> > hours. I uploaded all the images for the parents
> to
> > Ofoto (a Kodak website for sharing and ordering
> > prints) and as of this morning (Wednesday) all the
> > families have access to all the photos to view and
> > order as desired. I have a CD and two identical
> photo
> > albums to give to the school. I don't think
> digitial
> > would have been any faster and I have the
> alternative
> > to scan any negatives I like at a higher
> resolution
> > for more artistic display if desired.
> >
> > So I have the best of all worlds; a compact photo
> > system that works flawlessly and provides
> beautiful
> > images, rapid sharing across a geographically
> diverse
> > community, and the ability to capture images to a
> > medium that gives me the flexibility of old or new
> > technologies for higher quality reproduction. Man,
> it
> > WAS worth it!!
> >
> > Thanks for reading. As I work on a couple of the
> > images I like, I'll post them for you to see. I
> was
> > just so thrilled with how all this worked together
> I
> > wanted to share these thoughts with you.
> > Bob
> >
> > =====
> > Bob Adler
> > Palo Alto, CA
> > rgacpa@pacbell.net
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Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
rgacpa@pacbell.net
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