[Leica] Need advice on a "car camera"

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Peter:

For me that camera used to be a G5, now it's a factory-refurbished  
(and therefore cheaper) G9.

Between the two I've shot the waterfront, Pike Place Market, Lake  
Washington, the Arboretum, I-5, I-405, police incidents, druggers on  
2nd and Pike, family, friends, tons of work stuff (I'm a Landscape  
Design and Restoration contractor - lots of Before and After shots)  
and have about 3,000 images on my Mac from both.

I keep the G9 in a little Lowepro soft pouch with a Velcro belt loop  
plus a spare half gig (from Costco) backup card.  Never had to use the  
backup card.  So far no issues moving from truck to car to jobsite to  
anywhere.

Lotsa digicams out there.  G9 works just fine for me. Email me off- 
list at  rsphotoimages at comcast.net if you want specific examples from  
the G9.

For serious, I shoot R8 and R9.  With film, even.  Sometimes I have to  
look at EXIM data to tell the difference between the Rs and the G9.   
Go figure.


Bob





On May 9, 2009, at 2:43 PM, John Collier wrote:

Get an old M and an old incident meter Tape the hell out of both and  
leave them with the receptionist.

John

On 9-May-09, at 2:08 PM, Peter Klein wrote:

> Yesterday I was walking along Seattle's Lake Union during lunch  
> time.  I spotted a female mallard duck standing at the door of a  
> marine financial and brokerage firm, as if she wanted to get in. It  
> would have made a great picture, just the kind that I like to take.
>
> Except that I didn't have a camera with me.  Why?  My employer now  
> bans all personally-owned cameras in the workplace, including cell  
> phone cameras.  It's not negotiable. I would have to either leave my  
> camera with the receptionist every day and pick it up at lunch and  
> after work, or leave it in my car. I'm not comfortable with the  
> first choice, as it makes a non-work activity impact the workplace  
> (bad politics). And I certainly don't want to leave a Leica in  
> either place.
>
> All this is a big PITA. So far I've just left my cameras at home,  
> and I've missed a few good shots.
>
> Maybe I need another camera.  One that I could leave in my car, and  
> if it were stolen, it wouldn't be the end of the world.  The  
> question is, what camera?  I'm thinking of either a fixed-lens  
> rangefinder like a Canonet or an Olympus XA, or perhaps a decent  
> secondhand digital.  I hate autofocus lag on P&S cameras.  And I'm  
> not sure I want to deal with film again on a regular basis.
>
> I'd like the camera to be pocketable (or at least fit in a belt  
> pouch). It should be focusable (no fixed-focus or guess-focus).  
> Autoexposure is OK, but I'd prefer to have full manual shutter/ 
> aperture control available, and not so hard to use that I wouldn't  
> use it.  I want sufficient image quality that I wouldn't be  
> embarrassed to show the pictures.  I'd prefer a 40-50mm f/2 lens or  
> thereabouts, as Seattle is often very gray.
>
> A final wrinkle--if I left the camera under a car seat, would it get  
> too hot if I park outside during the summer?  At work we have an  
> indoor garage, but invariably the camera would sometimes get left in  
> the car during errands, in the driveway at home, etc.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> --Peter
>
>
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