Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital shoved down our throats
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 17:58:03 -0400
References: <FDC5A6F5-EC4C-11D7-AA22-003065BAFBD0@jphotog.com>

At 11:51 AM 9/21/2003 -0700, you wrote:

>But the fact is that, in a few years, I will have to be out there with that
>big load of electronic crap, even when field dispatches are not required.
>Film will be so insanely expensive that there will be no other practical
>way.  So, yes, digital is being shoved down my throat.  I realize that
>people like Tina and me, who photograph in remote places are exception
>cases, but this move to digital is going to make life in the field very
>difficult for us in coming years.  So if I seem a little bitter about it,
>that's why.
>
>--Jim

Jim -

You might be pleasantly surprised by how durable digital is.  I just got 
back from Guatemala and have finished downloading well over 3,000 digital 
photos to my computer.  I carried the Canon 10D with two 512 MB cards, and 
the Digilux with spare batteries and battery chargers.  I also took a 
portable CD burner with blank CD's and a 20 GB Digital Album.  I was very 
glad to find out that the Canon batteries last forever.  I carried 6 but 
found that two batteries would last more than long enough before I could 
get to a place to recharge them.  The Digital Album works on AA batteries 
which I had to change once.  I downloaded everything into the Digital Album 
but also burned it on CD's as a back-up.  As it turned out, I didn't need 
the back-up because everything saved just fine.  I was on dusty, four-wheel 
drive, type roads most of the trip, including riding in the back of pick-up 
trucks, and everything stayed clean packed in zip-lock bags inside my 
Tamrac Big Wheel Roll-around Camera Bag.

I am very pleased with the quality of the photos, but then, I knew I would 
be because I could check them in the field and take them over if I didn't 
like them.  I did take my M7, Noctilux and Summilux and used those with 
TMax 400 pushed to 800 when I stayed with a family.  I haven't developed 
that film yet, so I don't know how those will be.

I didn't have to worry about carrying 300 rolls of film through the airport 
x-ray machines half a dozen times.  The B&W was carried in double leadlined 
bags and security never asked to see it.  They did stop my because of my 
artificial knees at every walk-through metal detector!

I also brought back several bugs - both internal and external - but have 
managed to get rid of most of them.  My knees did great!

Digitally and Leically,

Tina


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