[Leica] A different Leica backup solution...... maybe

[msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)]

if you like wide angle, that is the first thing you will miss? in turns of
file quality there is also a difference, that said, i always take a m4/3
with my on trips as my small camera take anywhere. for the wide stuff, i
use stitching and shoot vertically with a begin and end marker so i
remember the set. what m4/3 body do u have? do make yourself familier with
the entire process so do you don't fumble and continue "as usual" if u need
to use the back up


On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at 
verizon.net>wrote:

> I have always traveled with 2 (compatible) bodies, just in case.  If 1 body
> blows up, I always have a spare, even if it was a lower end body or
> something that was not quite perfect ( film in lieu of digital).  While
> thinking about this for an upcoming trip, I was going to bring an M6 plus 4
> rolls of emergency film as my backup for my M9... But the weight of the M6,
> and the need to buy film, on the fly, in a foreign place, in some volume,
> was a bit sticky...
>
>
>
> Sure, in an emergency, I could buy another M9 in some foreign place, but
> that is not practical in the Leica domain for a non-Pro.
>
>
>
> So I decided to think about this solution...
>
>
>
> Take along a Leica M mount to micro 4/3 adapter... no extra body, just the
> adapter.  If the M9 blew up, I could pretty easily acquire a m4/3 body for
> a
> reasonable price and continue on with my existing lenses...
>
>
>
> I realize that the angle of view with these smaller than 24x36 sensors
> gives
> lenses an effective boost. more tele than on 24x36. and I usually find I
> shoot more WA than tele lenses..
>
>
>
> What opinions are there towards or against that solution?  Good idea, or
> bad
> idea?
>
>
>
>
>
> Frank Filippone
>
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>



-- 
  -------------------------------------
  regards, mehrdad