Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the tip - I'll check these things out this afternoon at our one remaining "real" camera store - it's overcast and misty here, which is also a good time to examine ND grads! Dante On Mar 24, 2012, at 10:39 AM, R. Clayton McKee wrote: > I used the UV-B, but I was shooting Fujichrome with Canon and Tokina (and > sometimes Contax G) which tend to the cool anyway. > > > You could probably get a very similar effect stacking a standard UV and a > polarizer if the exact color isn't critical (RAW or B&W). > > Someone - maybe Tiffen - used to make a combination warm polarizer/UV > filter, which would probably have been perfect if I'd had the budget. > > > 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: Saturday, March 24, 2012 7:17 AM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] What would you take to Peru? >> >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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