Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/02
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Hi Feli!
Where are you going and when?
rich
feli2@earthlink.net wrote:
> Kit-
>
> I was planning on taking the following:
>
> M2, M6TLL, 35/50/90
> Xpan with one lens
>
> or
>
> M2, M6TTL 35/50
> 90 on the R6.2 or M (most likely the M)
>
> I think it would be a bad idea to take only one M body.
> If it fell into a river or off a cliff I would be up the creek without a paddle.
> ;-)
>
> I don't exactly subscribe to the "spray and pray" method of shooting, where you
> burn through yards of film and hope that you have a lucky accident. I also don't like
> to drag along an arsenal of lenses and cameras. I think it was Ansel Adams who said
> that if you take too much gear along you always end up having the wrong lens on the camera
> at the moment of the shot. Experience tells me that you end up burning a lot of film at
> a cultural event. If you shot 10 rolls at 10 events, you would need 100 rolls just for that.
> Add another 25-50 rolls to that as padding. This is not only going to be a vation, but it's a shooting
> project I'm thinking about giving a shot. As Tina said, there's nothing worse than running out of film.
> My main question was how do you transport that much film. Bulk rolls vs ready load cartridges.
> ;-)
>
> feli
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kit McChesney | acmefoto <kitmc@acmefoto.com>
> Sent: Sep 2, 2003 3:38 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Shooting in the middle of nowhere...
>
> Maybe you've answered your own question: "Depends on the individual's
> shooting style."
>
> But then again, maybe not.
> KM
>
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