Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 8:13 AM -0700 12/21/99, John Collier wrote: >My bicycle advocacy group has a fold out awning that is practically a one >person set up. You could also back the car partially under and keep fairly >dry. Mind you it would slow things down significantly. > >Henning wrote >> However, I had to tell the >> client that I would not take the pictures in rain, as the cost of a new >> camera an lens (medium format, with shift lens) would not fit easily into >> his budget as an extra. 4 hours outside, with heavy drizzle, will not allow >> me to keep the whole thing dry! Even if the camera did survive, I might >> not. I didn't know how to add that latter item to my proposal in any >> meaningful way. This will be done from the parking lot at a constant distance from the main facing walls of the shopping center. About 100 shots from a tripod. 4 hours is what I have allowed for. Assistants with umbrellas, or mobile tents aren't in it. Also, if there is our typical Vancouver drizzle/rain, it seems to go sideways after a time, so keeping things dry under an umbrella is still close to impossible. Combine that with condensation (we're talking close to 100% relative humidity here) and most things wind up wet, including the photographer! On the other hand, I hope it isn't sunny either, as that kind of contrast isn't useful for record shots. Nice, overcast, dry weather. I'm sending in my request as we speak :-). * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com