[Leica] Best Lenses To Take To Honolulu

[isakuhiga at hotmail.com (Higa Isaku)]

Hi Ted,

Sorry for making you upset but I only meant to tease not to get you going.  
English being my second language, I  may not have done a good job of 
getting my point across.

I do agree that David's question can be better articulated.  He could have 
provided the context etc. (shooting preference, going there on pleasure,  
skill level of as the photographer etc.)  but that does not mean that the 
intent of the question is stupid or to be discouraged.  There are many who 
are new to photography or Leica eager to learn.

Now any advice on which lens should I buy for my R6?  Just kidding ;-)

Isaku

PS: BTW, I did not say "hell that's no big deal."


>From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Best Lenses To Take To Honolulu
>Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 07:21:14 -0700
>
>Higa Isaku said:
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Best Lenses To Take To Honolulu
> > Hey chill out guys... may be an easy answer... ;-)  I'd hate to go to
>Hawaii lugging all the camera equiptment in the tropical weather! <<<<<,,
>
>No it has nothing to do with "chilling out" as that's a bull shit answer! 
He
>asked a question that need not to have been asked in the first place for
>someone going there for the first time! Simple common sense would dictate
>given he'd never been there before, take every damn lens he owned .. just 
in
>case!  That's the chillingest answer to the question
>
>Hell he didn't say what his equipment was, what he liked to shoot, was it
>colour-B&W? water scenes, jungles or people... day or night! In any case 
he
>should've known to take every lens he owned to save his ass no matter what
>the subject,,,,, just in case you might find something unexpected.
>
>There's nothing more frustrating than to go on a shoot and when you return
>with what could've been a very successful assignment providing you had 
your
>correct lens and then have to make weak excuses why it isn't the best of 
the
>best by not taking everything. Sure avoids excuses for a half assed job.
>
>Look what's the point of going some place for the first time and not be
>prepared for every possible photo opportunity with the right lenses to 
avoid
>the excuse of ........ "Oh man this would've been so much better if I'd
>taken my 100 macro or whatever lens." And quite frankly that's a bull shit
>excuse and absolutely unnecessary if you take all your gear...........
>particularly lenses!
>
>Now if he intended to lie on the beach most of the time and do the near
>nekkked bikini gals hell one good zoom and a digi would answer that 
quickly.
>;-) But see he didn't say diddily what he preferred to photograph.
>
>Some of us lug damn near everything we own on our shoots, simply on the
>basis of, you never know "exactly what you'll see that requires a 15 or
>400!" And having shot in Hawaii several times on assignment I answered a
>question that need never to have been asked in the first place!
>
>He asked "what lenses to take to Honolulu" He didn't say anything about
>being an amateur or pro. he asked an open ended question and I gave him an
>open answer! It's like, "ask and you shall receive!"
>
>He also didn't say anything about his reason for going there, work or 
play.
>
>Higa said:
>"hell that's no big deal."
>
>Well it may not be a big deal for you, but some of us don't approach a 
shoot
>to a "never been there before location" with a chill out attitude, unless
>it's prime reason for going is getting a tan and playing in the water. 
Even
>then you might be surprised at the amount of gear that goes simply
>because........... "you never know what might happen, so be simply
>prepared!"
>
> > Forget about serious shooting! Just relax on the beach with a couple of
> > books to read... Now the question is what books  :-)<<<<<<<,
>
>No it isn't, books bedamned! As the question is "Why forget about serious
>shooting?" Certainly when he's never said why he was going there... "beach
>play or a serious shoot." And that's the question to be answered first!
>
>ted
>
>
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