Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/17

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Subject: [Leica] WHAT TO TAKE? ;-)
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Sat Sep 17 17:59:06 2005
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Tina Manley said::
Subject: Re: [Leica] WHAT TO TAKE? ;-)


> I just got back from my first totally digital trip.  No regrets!!  It was 
> so much easier to get through the airports, in spite of my metal knees. 
> No film to carry and keep up with.  The ability to change ISOs when I need 
> to.  The 1DMarkII is great at higher ISOs and, in spite of its size and 
> weight, is a really good, versatile camera to take on a long trip to 
> remote places.  You might want to look into the Mark II.  It's a tank of a 
> camera.
>
> Of course, you won't be that remote in Portugal and England!  I carried an 
> Epson P2000 and my laptop to download into and had no problems at all with 
> batteries or room to download even with 3000+ photos.
>
> Good luck and have fun!
>
Hi Tina,
Thank you dear lady as I certainly intend on having fun and also coming back 
with a few magical frames sans film. ;-)

ted
In reply to: Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] That 50)
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