Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I carry everything in a roll-on Delsey bag. I used to use a Tamrac backpack, but the Delsey will hold more, fit in the overhead, and save my back. For my trips to Honduras and Guatemala, I carry only Leicas and Leica lenses. These days the computer, battery chargers, downloaders, external hard-drives take up the room that film used to take up. When I went to Africa for HPI, I did several safaris using the R8 and R6.2 with the 400 and 500 Leica lenses and film, but I would not want to carry those every trip! It sounds like a wonderful trip and opportunity for fantastic photos. Good luck! Tina On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote: > Hi LUGers, > > Next summer I?m following a college group on a service trip to Tanzania. > Mostly I?ll be documenting their work in several orphanages associated with > Benedictine monasteries in the south-west part of the country. We?ll also > be doing a bit of sight-seeing in Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, and finishing up > with a week up near Kilimanjaro. It?s a month-long trip. > > I?m honored to be the tag-along photographer! > > I?m also intimidated about how to take a substantial amount of gear along > with me on the long flights. Fortunately I?m able to fly business class > (Delta/KLM) but I still am limited by carry-on. > > I know there are folks who do this sort of traveling on an almost regular > basis. I?d really like to hear your advice on how to pack, what to take, > and what to take it IN. > > My focus will be on the students, their interactions with their African > hosts, life at the monasteries. I have a reasonable selection of moderate > to fast primes. For the safari part I?m thinking of taking a ?super-zoom? > small camera that can shoot up to 1200mm (a Canon or Panasonic perhaps). > > I?d gratefully value the communities? help. Maybe there?ll be something on > the ?Claus list! > > Thank you! > > Adam ?that?s a long time to hang in the air? Bridge > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html