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Subject: [Leica] DAS in Namibia: lenses, film and cordite?
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun Oct 8 15:11:32 2006
References: <A2AC5E7E-06D4-4480-B8B4-0C343F921582@ameritech.net>

Dante,
If you take anything less than a H&H 475 with solid bronze bullets you
should probably not hunt Cape Buffalo.  A friend on mine just came back from
hunting them and almost stayed as the Cape he was shooting kept coming even
with two bullets through the heart and another into the brain(His guide
fired the third and fourth bullet).  The thing was dead but just kept
coming.

As to the rest, if you shoot during the day bring the film with the most
dynamic range as the contrast will be fierce.  Try to shoot early or late
and use the directional rays of the sun.  Have fun in the sun.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 10/7/06, Dante Stella <dstella1@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>
> Ok, headed for South Africa and Nambia next week.  A few questions:
>
> 1.      Any advice on what optics to take for two days in Cape Town, a day
> or two in WIndhoek, and ten out in the sticks (wildlife and traveling
> with a cultural anthropologist)?  This is much, much different from
> the type of urban traveling I normally pursue.
>
> -- My usual choices for travel are a very compact 645 for black and
> white and either a Hexar RF with 35 Summilux or a Hexar AF.
>
> -- The other (or additional) possibility is taking a Nikon SLR
> (either a D2x, an F3 or a N2000) and some selection of lenses from
> the set [17-35/18-70, 24, 28/1.4, 50, 105, 180, 70-210 or 300/4,5].
> A 300 might need to go in checked baggage, at least the way things
> seem to be going recently.
>
> -- Are 10x binoculars going to do it?
>
> 2.      Any ideas on whether for the desert, it's better to go with Tri-X
> (traditional film curve) or Verichrome Pan (straighter like T-max 400
> and with a lot more exposure latitude)?
>
> 3.      Has anyone done any hard comparison between Kodak 400VC and
> HD400?  I don't know much about the VC (I am very familiar with NC).
> Yes, I know that HD400 is not a "professional" film (actually, it
> likely is, being relabeled Supra 400) but it is possibly the best
> film made for scanning.
>
> 4.      Can anyone comment on the Cape Buffalo stopping ability of the .
> 470 Nitro Express (ok, just kidding!)
>
> In no event will the world end if I have to guess answers to these
> questions in the next 8 days, but I definitely would appreciate the
> perspective of people experienced in this kind of thing.
>
> Thanks!
> Dante
>
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