Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Welcome back! I would like to know how you found the 10D and the lenses you brought, I know you don't frequently go down to the 19 when you were using R's, but if I recall you took the 24-70(?) and maybe the 50 1.4. Last, were you tempted to use the 10d with the family by upping the ISO? Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Tina Manley Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 4:58 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital shoved down our throats 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 Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com http://www.pdiphotos.com http://www.workbookstock.com http://www.newscom.com http://www.americanphotojournalist.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html