Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am anxious to see the images. Steve Alastair Firkin wrote: > Thanks Marc, I have thought of hiring a troup of porters, but it seems > it will be just me and therefore a more limited array of gear. I don't > think we sleep at 5500, only scale that height to capture the vistas. > Not that the height of Gorak Shep or Gokyo are to be sneezed at. We have > given ourselves an extra 4 days over the rate which was originally > proposed, and if we only make it to one of the two main destinations, > I'll still be happy and content. > > Cheers > On 19/09/2004, at 7:51 AM, Marc James Small wrote: > >> At 01:44 PM 9/17/04 +1000, firkin wrote: >> >>> Ok, I'm climbing to over 5500 meters, the air is thin and the UV must be >>> high: now can I use (should I use) a UV filter? >>> >>> tips please on mountain photography: >>> how wide an angle lens will I need? >>> how much in the telephoto range would be useful? >>> how can I keep the weight down? >> >> >> Alaistair >> >> There are two conflicting realities in this: >> >> First, you do not wish to carry a lot of weight with you and, of course >> >> Second, you want to have a really good wide-angle lens and a really good >> long-focus lens for topographic photography, and either a 35mm or 50mm >> lens >> for shooting around your camp and taking pictures of your party in >> action. >> I would recommend a Questar (1300mm), a Viso outfit of the 400, 280, and >> 200 lenses, and Leica RF lenses -- 3.4/135, 2/90 APO Asph, 1.4/50, and >> below this your choices are your own. But that load would require a >> party >> of three Sherpas to tote, so I would probably restrict it to a 3.4/135, >> either a 1.4/50 or a 1.4/35, and a wide lens to your choice. >> >> Third, 5500 meters is 18,000 feet in real terms. This is pretty much the >> cutting edge for high-altitude adventure. If you are going to use >> oxygen, >> make certain that you sleep with your gear in place and operating. If >> not, >> then go high for a week or tenday, and then go low for at least a week. >> You ought to then be fully acclimatized. (18,000 feet is the absolute >> limit for extended humna existence without oxygen and, even then, this >> works best with folks adapted to it such as Peruvians and Tibetans.) >> >> Smoking helps. If you are a smoker, light up at altitude and the kick of >> the nicotine helps you adjust more rapidly to the effects of reduced air >> pressure. >> >> Marc >> >> msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > Alastair > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >