[Leica] Re: bags on planes, now going minimal

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Greg Locke said:
> It ain't the same, guys.<<,,

Greg mon ami, IT SURE ISN'T!

And there in  lies the difference between the amateurs of great wisdom, who 
are completely clueless when it comes to working as professionals and those 
of us with years and years of experience working as professional 
photographers..

I mean, they go on a once a year holiday to visit Aunt Minnie and figure 
they have all the answers to this travel thing compared to those of us on 
the list who are professionals. Who work with editors who accept no excuse 
and nothing but the best and don't give a flying hoop about airline and or 
security bull shit.... they just want pictures! Period! Not excuses!!!

Or our own professionalism that will not accept second best to survive. 
Therefore, we take our tools, that's what all these damn Leica cameras are, 
merely tools of the trade, not some glorified over priced bauble hanging 
around our neck as a piece of jewellery.

And if that means every damn lens and camera goes, then so be it!  We take 
everything as we're not paid to come back with wimpy excuses about security 
bull. Or worse, "make do with what you have!" The most important thing for 
us is, to end run every damn block and arrive on sight wherever that maybe, 
with everything required to carry out the assignment to best of our 
professional ability!

I mean I've read most of this crap about what we should or should not carry, 
use film, not computers, cell phones or sat.. phones by those who don't have 
a clue what this kind of life is all about. Therefore, they should damn well 
keep their mouths shut! That is until they put some real time into the 
profession!

And I haven't begun to fight!

So lets have a bit of compassion here for those who make their living 
travelling to every other damn country in the world as photographers and 
weekly put up with this so called airline - airport - government security 
bull shit laid on us by a bunch of fear mongers!

But damn it, for professionals it's become the biggest pain in the ass one 
could ever imagine. And the worse problem is trying to find a KISS answer to 
keep it simple! And not have all our gear or portions of it ripped off!

Ok I'll relax now and go have my Lagavullin! :-)

ted