Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/20

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Subject: [Leica] December Weather in Italy
From: mattmorgan1 at mac.com (Matt Morgan)
Date: Thu Oct 20 05:59:16 2005
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Nathan,

I've never been to Rome and have no sense of the city apart from the  
obvious tourist stuff. If I only have a few hours break, is there a  
more 'interesting' area of streets etc to get more of a real flavour?  
I'll still shoot with a digi, just can't lug gear around.

Matt.


On 20/10/2005, at 12:14, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> David,
>
> You will have lots of opportunities for moody, misty/rainy  
> shots ;-) The  average temperature in Rome in December ranges from  
> 5 to 15 C (about 40 to 60 F) and the month has 9 precipitation days  
> (defined as days with at least 1mm of rain). So that is actually  
> not bad--heck, it describes a Dutch SUMMER! :-). Florence and  
> Venice have a similar amount of precipitation as Rome but are  
> slightly colder.
>
> Regarding the zoom, you may have some use for it--building details,  
> people shots and so on, but in general Italian cities favor the  
> shorter lenses.
>
> Nathan
>
> David Lee wrote:
>
>> I am planning to take a guided tour during X-mas which covers  
>> Rome, Florence and Venice.  What would be weather like around that  
>> time?  I am also wondering if 80-200 zoom will be useful for lots  
>> of pictures in addition to wide angle lens.
>> Best Regards,
>> David
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In reply to: Message from leirex at sbcglobal.net (David Lee) ([Leica] December Weather in Italy)
Message from nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] December Weather in Italy)