[Leica] ireland photos & airport xrays

[glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)]

Douglas,

It should be illegal to photograph anything in Ireland in black and white!

Do you remember the expression "Forty Shades of Green"?

Jerry


doug kim wrote:
> hi everyone,
>
> been lurking for so long again, thought I'd contribute some pics:
>
> http://www.ricecracker.net/ireland.php
>
> did an interesting test for myself: I brought the nikon F5 instead of the 
> M6
> because I wanted to see if the leica gear really changed the way I shot or
> if I was just gear fetishizing and obsessing over a brand name.
>
> the judgement: the F5 was so obnoxiously huge, it announced my presence
> wherever I was and it absolutely determined how and what I photographed. a
> good lesson learned.
>
> also at the dublin airport, they absolutely refused to hand check my film
> and told me even high speed film was ok. I gave in after half an hour of
> protests and was furious the entire ten hour flight home.
>
> and the film was fine!!! even TMZ pushed to 6400!!!!
>
> who knew?
>
> doug
>
>
>