Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gerry Walden wrote: > > My wife and I are planning a "once in a lifetime" trip to the Galapagos > Islands for May and I wondered if any other LUGers had any experience of the > islands. In particular a couple of questions come up. Firstly, we are > being offered a 4 day and a 7 day trip. Do the islands warrant a 7 day > visit or will we get sick of looking at blue footed boobies etc. and just > find ourselves repeating the experience over again. Secondly, a stop over > in Quito can be arranged for 4 days - is this worthwhile and how difficult > is the altitude there to deal with. And thirdly (and partly to keep it on > subject) will my 200mm lens (Leica of course) be long enough for most of the > wildlife, who I have a feeling are so used to cameras they are sponsored by > Kodak! > > Thanks for your help. > > Gerry A friend of mine who owns a color lab went there years back and brought back great shots in color neg all taken with his Olympus XA clamshell!. It convinced me to get one. It was only a mater of time from that to my Leica M6's I mainly use now. So maybe shorter lenes and a Rangefinder would do you OK in that environment. Unless those turtles have stated eating people!!! Mark Rabiner