Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:00 PM 9/2/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Anyone have any commentsor experiences to share? Of course the worst thing >that could happen is running out of film... > >feli Feli - I have done this exact trip many, many times in the last few years. I plan on 100 rolls of film per week and add some. Some days are spent traveling and don't use as many. Some days are with families and use more than allotted. I used to buy bulk film and roll all of my own until I figured out how much that was costing me in time and possible scratches. Now I buy from B&H and get in on any specials that they have. I keep film in the refrigerator until a couple of days before I'm ready to go. Then I get it all out and let it get used to the temperature and humidity. It's all packed in lead-lined bags - I like the Cordova fabric ones. I put all of the film into a carry-on backpack and allow plenty of time for inspections. You are right. The worst nightmare would be to run out of film. The general guide for travel is to put everything that you are planning to take out on the bed and then put half of it back and take twice as much money as you had planned. That is very true. I would also take twice as much film. If you come back with film, that's no problem - stick it in the refrigerator until the next trip. If you run out of film in the middle of nowhere - that's a problem!! Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com HPI Photos: http://www.leica-gallery.net/tinamanley/folder-5282.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html