Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some really lovely countryside you have there. Fishing is not my thing (I am too impatient to wait for the fish to bite) but I can see how it is enjoyable to do it there. 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 Jun 6, 2011, at 1:38 PM, Peter Cheyne wrote: > I usually take my Fujifilm Klasse on fishing trips. Yesterday I waded in > water too deep for comfort and the camera got submerged. I took the > battery out and hoped hanging it around my neck would let the sun dry it. > The next day I removed the Neopan 400 B&W film. I had taken only about > 11 shots, so cut away the remainder of the film. The Klasse winds all the > film onto the free spool first, so exposed film is already in the can. > The can is sitting on my desk. I'll send it in for developing one of > these days. After sitting on my windowsill, the camera is in apparently > perfect working order. However, I'm thinking of retiring it from fishing > trips and using a mechanical camera instead. Maybe one of my Kodak Stereo > Cameras loaded with Velvia. > > If you're interested in this meditative, light-packing form of river > fishing, check out tenkarausa.com. > > Here is a photo set from a previous river fishing trip, about three weeks > ago. > > http://tinyurl.com/3t5ac4f > > All the best, > > Peter Cheyne > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >