Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I discovered the down side of carrying all of those cameras up and down mountains in Central America when I had to have both knees replaced at age 56!! I don't regret doing it at all but I'm glad to just carry my M9's and M8's now without the 300 rolls of film in my backpack!! Tina On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 8:46 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > I find some of the weight comments and "all day etc' use being a problem or > tiring? > > However on many an assignment I've had 2 R motor driven cameras with > generally 90mm or a 180 hanging off my left shoulder and another similar > Leica SLR motor driven off the right shoulder with maybe a longer focal > length and it was all day long day after day sometimes for 10 days to two > weeks. > > Not to forget the 3 M cameras around my neck on my chest with the 50-35-21! > It's like get over it guys, it's no big deal! Because it's all about > covering the assignemnt you are shooting and not the aching soulders and > neck at the end of day! > > A couple of Ibuprophen and the pain is gone and yer ready to rock on baby > the next day! :-) > > I'm not kidding, dead serious! :-) > > cheers, > Dr. ted > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com