Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ok, now here's a question. Lets say you were thinking about going on a 4-6 week trip to a remote corner of our lovely little planet, with nary a camera store in sight. You are going to have to carry everything yourself. Right now you are looking at clothes, sleeping bag, 2 M's, 3 lenses and maybe a Xpan or R6.2. Basically a backpack and a small camera bag. Lets assume that your best guess is that you will burn 300 rolls over the course of the 6 weeks. Estimate is based on 2-3 rolls for an average day and maybe 10-15 rolls on a heavy day of shooting (festival etc). 250-300 rolls of film takes up a lot of space. Would you simply buy bulk rolls (color/BW), 2 loaders and a pile of empty cans? Does 250-300 rolls sound like enough or overkill? Of course it depends on the individuals shooting style. The most I've ever shot in a single day was when I sneaked in to the press pool during the Feb 15th 2003 Peace Rally in Hollywood. I burned through about 16 rolls and considering the amount of keepers I got that day, I don't think that was excessive. I followed a Jazz band around for a half dozen shows and averaged about 6-8 rolls per evening. Wandering around Germany for a month I shot about 1-2 rolls on a average day and more when I hit a major cultural landmark. And please, lets skip the 1Ds and a handful of 4GB memory cards option... ;-) Anyone have any commentsor experiences to share? Of course the worst thing that could happen is running out of film... feli - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feli di Giorgio * feli2@earthlink.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html