Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Alan, I am sure you could repeat the same today if you perhaps used a zoom for the shorter end, and just one body. Especially if you had access to an electric outlet for recharging batteries--then one spare should be enough, of course depending on how much you shoot. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Aug 30, 2010, at 5:56 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> wrote: > >> (excerpted)... > >> I long for a quality DSLR the size and solidity of the Olympus OM series >> or >> even the Leica III series. I neither need nor want the bells and >> whistles, >> including the 27 exposure modes built into most modern cameras. I can >> think >> for myself, thank you, and set the camera as needed. > =================================================================================================== > I have the same wish/philosophy. I hate bulky cameras. > > I'm not sure if I could do now what I did in 1993, when I traveled through > England and the Isle of Man on a motorcycle, shooting stock photos. > Because I used Olympus OM equipment, along with my clothing and other > personal items for a trip of two weeks on a bike, I was able to pack two > OM bodies(for Kodachrome and B&W), 21, 50, 100 and 300mm lenses, a small > Vivitar tripod, and an Olympus Stylus. Because I needed lenses longer > than what an M8/M9 supports, and from what Tina says about QC, these days > I'd have to use a huge DSLR body and lenses, extra (big) batteries, and > chargers, etc. Trying to carry all this on a motorcycle might not be > practical. Or maybe I'm wrong; Nathan could probably set me straight. > > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >