Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My goodness, yes, now I recall your trip. I'll have another look through the photos when I get a chance. I recall that Salgado used a Pentax 645 for whale shots, but I imagine he could hand hold the 645 or the boat was bigger than a Zodiac - or both :-) Scott Alastair Firkin wrote: > Well, it was the user not the camera ;-) I was all set to use a > tripod and long lenes etc, but in reality, most of the really good > opportunities came on the Zodiac's and the 'blad was a little > "cumbersome" especially when I tried to set up the tripod ;-) There > are some b/w images of ice I'm happy with, but my slides were mostly > wrongly exposed: its quite "harsh" light and I needed more > "experience" , so that's where the instant feed back wiht the digital > was most useful > > Antarctica is one of the best trips I've ever had and I would > strongly recommend it to anyone. Our images are at: > > http://stmaarten.globat.com/%7eafirkin.com/NewSite/Antarctica/ > AntarcticPages.html > > If you have not already seen them. > > > On 04/09/2006, at 19:08, Scott McLoughlin wrote: > >> OK, I'm curious. What nasties plagued the Hasselblad shots? >> >> Scott >> >> p.s. Antarctic? Wow! I'm jealous :-) >> >> Alastair Firkin wrote: >> >>> I have been thrashing around since I came home from the Antarctic. >>> My Hasselblad shots were few and far between in success, but the >>> Olympus Digital was certainly a winner. So it occurred to me that >>> with Helen winning a trip to the arctic, I may be forced to look >>> at digital: perhaps the DMR. How do you find it handles for nature >>> work? >>> >>> Cheers >>> On 03/09/2006, at 19:53, Douglas Herr wrote: >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)