Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 27, 2013, at 12:13 AM, Sonny Carter wrote: > 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/ +1 talk about "on the scene" Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist