[Leica] Trusting vacation photos to digital

[Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu>]

Sam warns:

>OTOH trusting a 2 week 10K vacation on digital alone is out of the
>question. YMMV

The last several times I've been overseas, I've gone digital only and found
it a lot more reliable than film, at the end of the day, I uploaded my
images back home, and, if some of you remember my Egypt trip, I was updating
the lug with photos as I went. No film getting lost, no x-ray hazards, no
finding out six weeks later that your rangefinder is out of alignment.....
What I agree with is "trusting an important event to a single camera is out
of the question"  I'd always bring two bodies, but few leica shooters would
take no backup to a once in a lifetime event either.....

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned film in regards to "I don't want to be
dependent on batteries". While I've never had batteries go dead on me during
an assignment, I HAVE run out of film. You cant backup and erase the
screwups to free up more space on film.... And I'm getting nearly 600 photos
on a microdrive anyway....

Just my overrated two cents.

Kyle
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