Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Jim. I was using the m43 system consisting of Olympus cameras, the 12-40/2.8 Olympus and Panasonic 100-400 Elmarit. The latter with the EM-1 was quite good regarding both optical performance and stabilization. It was also a splash proof combo, as salt spray coming over the sides was common. I just took the combo into the shower and rinsed the salt off after. Worked great! Henning Wulff hjwulff at gmail.com On 2016-09-18, at 9:59 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Very nice images, Henning, and I'm surprised at your success shooting from > the Zodiak. You did a great job. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 9/18/2016 11:45 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: >> Well, we are back from our arctic trip (thanks in part to my cousin >> Philip the travel agent) and have had a bit of time to look at some of >> the photos. >> >> We went from August 20 to August 28 inclusive, from Resolute on >> Cornwallis Island (approx. 75?N) to Cambridge Bay (approx. 69?N). >> Temperatures were about 2?C ?2? the whole time, but often with a fierce >> wind. Dressing warmly was adviseable. >> >> The trip was with OneOcean Expeditions, which charters Russian research >> vessels; in our case the Akademik Ioffe. A Finnish built, Russian owned >> and manned vessel chartered to a Canadian company operating out of >> Squamish, BC. They do various trips into the Arctic and Antarctic with >> mainly two identical ships. After our trip, I have only praise for the >> whole operation. The Russian crew was professional in all the best >> possible ways, the OneOcean staff were extremely knowledgeable and >> helpful (staff were mostly Canadian with some other nationalities >> represented) and the ship was perfectly suitable for this trip. >> Strengthened for ice, extremely quiet and vibration free diesel engines >> and electric thrusters for 'sneaking up on polar bears', if a 6000ton >> ship can sneak up on anything. >> >> The sister ship to this one was the base of operations two years ago when >> the first of Sir John Franklin's ships, the Erebus was found after 165 >> years in Queen Maud Sound in 11m of water. A week after we came home the >> second ship, the Terror, was found a bit further North by essentially the >> same group, but not using the same ship since it was still carrying >> tourists. >> >> So. Here are the first pictures. All pictures in this album are from the >> trip; more to come. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/trips/Arctic/?g2_page=1 >> >> Henning Wulff >> hjwulff at gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >