Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]RCM - Stronger than an 010 or a Leica UV/IR? If it requires something like a UV-17 (Tiffen), a UV-B (Hoya) or a 415 (B+W), I could probably pick one up today, but if I already have something kicking around.... Tina - what were you using with the M8? Thanks! Dante On Mar 24, 2012, at 12:21 AM, R. Clayton McKee wrote: > High UV filters. You get up in the Andes and unless you're a TREMENDOUS > fan of blue chromes.... You're going to want them. > > > R. Clayton McKee > PhotoJournalist > from somewhere just south of somewhere else... > > >> ________________________________ >> From: Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 9:43 PM >> Subject: [Leica] What would you take to Peru? >> >> >> Since this is sometimes a place for abstraction, I'll pose a hypothetical. >> >> Assume that you are a male in good physical conditioning. If you are >> going traipsing around in the mountains and among ruins in Peru, what >> would you take? I'm headed out next week. Usually, no matter where I >> go, I take a Fuji GA645, 20 rolls of 120 film (for b/w), and some small >> camera for color. Sometimes a 6x9 Fuji instead of the "little" Fuji. >> I've been pretty good at making it work, as Tim Gunn would say. >> >> Aside from Macchu Picchu, I think I can improvise with about anything. >> But up on the mountain (a place where I probably will never return), what >> are the conditions like? Any weird-color light that screws with exposure >> meters (like in the desert)? Any particular filtration? Were I to >> deviate from my normal packing, there would be a lot of choices (these >> are the *realistic* ones...) >> >> Fuji GA645 (=35mm) >> - small, light, flawless >> >> Fuji GL690 (with 50, 100 and/or 180mm lenses) >> - heavy as hell, but the 50mm has eye-burning resolution >> - wants a separate meter >> - would require 40 rolls of film >> >> X100 (=35mm) >> - very lightweight, some ability to use grad NDs >> >> D700 (I can cover anything from 17 to 300mm) >> - heavy, fast, able to shoot in any light. Great for ND grads >> >> Leica M8 (21 to 90mm) >> - Not bad for all purposes, but a little heavy >> >> Nex-5 (16mm or 18-55 lenses). >> - kills the X100 in shooting speed. Not bad at taking pictures, either. >> Excels at HD video. >> - somewhere, in a drawer, I have the superwide lens adapter >> >> Neither film nor batteries nor supplies are really an issue. If I took a >> GL690, I would grab a cheaper 50mm (=21mm) finder than my Universal >> Wideangle Finder M, but other than that, this will be off the shelf. I >> would not take two heavy cameras, but aside from that, the sky is the >> limit. As I would imagine at 10,000 feet. >> >> Ideas? I usually go on gut instinct the day before, but I do like to >> hear different perspectives. >> >> Thanks >> Dante >> >> ____________ >> Dante Stella >> http://www.dantestella.com >> >> NO ARCHIVE >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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