Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob Your photographic methods from equipment to getting the prints to the parents agree with my opinions. But one question; How many tranquilizers did you need on the trip? :-) Jerry Bob Adler wrote: > Dear All, > > Last week I had the priviledge of traveling with my > daughter's 7th grade class on a field trip to D.C. 41 > 12/13 year old girls, 10 chaperones, an M6, M7, 35/2, > 50/1,4, 90/2,8, SF20 and Mr. Konnerman's soft-fill. > Additionally, Mr. Brick was generous enough to loan me > his RapidWinder which was placed on the M7. I wanted > to share some thoughts with you about the performance > of my equipment and film vs digital. > > One of the primary reasons that I moved to Leica was > to downsize the weight/volume of the equipment I had > to carry on "assignments" like this without loss (and > perhaps increase) of optical quality. I was able to > carry all of this photo equipment, plus cleaning > supplies in a small, Domke PhotoRunner pack. What a > delight! All that photo capability hanging on my hip > at minimal weight and easily accessible. > > The equipment performed absolutely flawlessly. I shot > 10 rolls and got back 346 well exposed (and if I may > boast a little, well focused!) negatives. My M7 > batteries went down, but I expected that and had > spares, so not a shot was missed. I love this > equipment!! > > I've often thought of moving back to SLRs for digital > shooting. I was concerned that digital would be better > for this type of trip as I could see if I got a shot, > could shoot a lot more, and could distribute the > results to the parents quickly (electronically). From > this experience, I'd say there is no need. My > negatives were developed with 2 prints each and medium > sized TIFF files burned to CDs for each roll within 24 > hours. I uploaded all the images for the parents to > Ofoto (a Kodak website for sharing and ordering > prints) and as of this morning (Wednesday) all the > families have access to all the photos to view and > order as desired. I have a CD and two identical photo > albums to give to the school. I don't think digitial > would have been any faster and I have the alternative > to scan any negatives I like at a higher resolution > for more artistic display if desired. > > So I have the best of all worlds; a compact photo > system that works flawlessly and provides beautiful > images, rapid sharing across a geographically diverse > community, and the ability to capture images to a > medium that gives me the flexibility of old or new > technologies for higher quality reproduction. Man, it > WAS worth it!! > > Thanks for reading. As I work on a couple of the > images I like, I'll post them for you to see. I was > just so thrilled with how all this worked together I > wanted to share these thoughts with you. > Bob > > ===== > Bob Adler > Palo Alto, CA > rgacpa@pacbell.net > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html