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Subject: [Leica] Last minute Cuba problem
From: mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:04:47 +0000
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You just beat me to it Geoff!  Currently eight in Casa Pope too!  No 
games consoles though!





Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK

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Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
> I can't speak for the Brits but some of us do our best to skew the
> statistics. Eight computers in this house currently (not counting games
> consoles)!
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
> 
> On 13 February 2010 20:18, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:
> 
>> Le 13 f?vr. 10 ? 11:00, Frank Dernie a ?crit :
>>
>>
>>
>>> I don't know about Cuba, but a lot of British homes do not have a
>>> computer, maybe even the majority...
>>>
>> Not quite, times are changing in the Kingdom :-)
>> http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=868
>> Best
>> Ph
>>
>>
>>
>> Frank
>>> On 13 Feb, 2010, at 00:24, Frank Filippone wrote:
>>>
>>> HE said......
>>>>
>>>> . If you are staying in "homes" as we hope to be, then you are likely to
>>>> have your laptop confiscated.
>>>>
>>>> I assume the home has a desktop?  ( even in Cuba.....)
>>>>
>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>> red735i at earthlink.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org
>>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i <lug-bounces%2Bred735i>=earthlink.net@
>>>> leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Jayanand Govindaraj
>>>> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:58 AM
>>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Last minute Cuba problem
>>>>
>>>> Frank,
>>>> Where is the desktop?
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Jayanand
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at 
>>>> earthlink.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Bring USB memory card readers.  USB Hard Drive for backup.  Use desktop
>>>>> to
>>>>> review and copy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe $150 total.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds way too easy..... am I missing something?
>>>>>
>>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>>> red735i at earthlink.net
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org
>>>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i <lug-bounces%2Bred735i>=earthlink.net@
>>>>> leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> afirkin at afirkin.com
>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 12:04 AM
>>>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>>>> Subject: [Leica] Last minute Cuba problem
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, I finally just about go all "digital" and suddenly I'm thinking
>>>>> about
>>>>> film for our trip to Cuba. WHY? Seems the Cuban government is "prone" 
>>>>> to
>>>>> taking laptops from visitors and only returning them when you leave. If
>>>>> you are staying in "homes" as we hope to be, then you are likely to 
>>>>> have
>>>>> your laptop confiscated.
>>>>>
>>>>> So how to travel and back up Olympus Hasselblad and Leica digital
>>>>> cameras
>>>>> for a month? The best I've come up with is the Epson P7000, but it does
>>>>> not support the H'blad files and dng only shows as jpeg previews.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone used the Epson? Any suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA
>>>>>
>>>>> Alastair
>>>>>
>>>>>
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