Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderous to get a report from sea. Ship to shore! Thanks for this "special report" Sent from my iPhone Sonny Carter http://www.SonC.com/look > On Sep 26, 2013, at 8:27 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > > Cynthia and I are treating ourselves finally to a 20-year ambition, > crossing the Atlantic on a Cunard liner. It's the Queen Mary 2, sailing > from New York to Southampton, followed by 6 nights in London. For > compactness and general touristy stuff I've brought the NEX7 with the kit > 18-55 plus the 16 with a 12mm converter. For more serious stuff I have an > M3 wearing a 50/1.4 'Lux, loaded with TXP, and I have a couple rolls of > TMax 3200. > > Question: will the high-speed film survive a single passage thru airport > security X-ray? I got discombobulated at the last instant taking stuff off > and putting it into the plastic bin, and the rolls, which I had taken out > of the bag to ask for hand inspection, stayed in my coat pocket and went > through in the bin. My thought is to leave the 3200 unused, buy new rolls > in London, and when I get back, have one of the X-rayed rolls developed to > see if there's any fogging, then use or toss the remaining roll > accordingly. But if anyone has reassuring experience, I might go ahead and > use the rolls in London. > > Will have photos to post in a few weeks, but meanwhile here are a couple > from the ship today. We were treated to a no-extra-cost bonus bit of > entertainment, courtesy of those nice folks at Cunard. At about 0900 the > Bridge announced that a solo female transatlantic rower (Halifax to > France) had lost some equipment in a storm and requested assistance, and > that the QM2 was going to her aid! Fortunately, our track must have been > taking us very close to her position, as I was not aware of steaming off > our usual course. About 1000 (Fernando de Noronha Standard Time) we slowed > to a dead stop and spotted her a mile off the port bow. And by "we" I mean > EVERYBODY. I think the whole ship's party (~2000?) except for the > essential crews was out on the decks to greet her. Tiny partly closed > yellow craft, about 7 m long, bobbing in swells sometimes deep enough to > hide her from view even from our elevated position, with a lone figure in > a black seasuit rowing toward this 1100' ocean liner stopped dead in the > water for her. She waved and blew kisses and we all cheered and everybody > had a camera at the ready. The crew tossed out some packages containing a > satellite phone and a sea anchor, the essentials that she had lost, plus > some other provisions. She took some pictures of her own, held up a sign > (which I couldn't read), shouted her thanks, and came over the VHF, which > the Bridge put over the PA, to thank us all in English and French. She > retrieved the packages, and the whole ship's company, led by the Bridge on > the PA, gave her a rousing three cheers. When the wind and her oars had > taken her to a safe standoff distance, we got underway again. Later the > Bridge announced that she had told them "this is the best day of my life!" > Her name is something like Mylene Paquette. She'll surely come up in > Google and by tomorrow, I should think, there ought to be a little news > about the QM2 assisting her as well. A couple of photos at: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Fotos/ > > > ?howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information