Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Me, I'd take wife and kids along, and the various batches of lenses and cameras, one each - if I missed the photos, they might have taken some good ones, and if we all failed we'd at least have shared the sights once - makes sense? Cordialement Philippe Tous vos emails en 1 clic avec l'application SFR Mail sur iPhone et Android. ======================================== Message du : 24/03/2012 03:43 De : "Dante Stella " <dstella1 at ameritech.net> A : "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Copie ? : Sujet : [Leica] What would you take to Peru? Since this is sometimes a place for abstraction, I'll pose a hypothetical. Assume that you are a male in good physical conditioning. If you are going traipsing around in the mountains and among ruins in Peru, what would you take? I'm headed out next week. Usually, no matter where I go, I take a Fuji GA645, 20 rolls of 120 film (for b/w), and some small camera for color. Sometimes a 6x9 Fuji instead of the "little" Fuji. I've been pretty good at making it work, as Tim Gunn would say. Aside from Macchu Picchu, I think I can improvise with about anything. But up on the mountain (a place where I probably will never return), what are the conditions like? Any weird-color light that screws with exposure meters (like in the desert)? Any particular filtration? Were I to deviate from my normal packing, there would be a lot of choices (these are the *realistic* ones...) Fuji GA645 (=35mm) - small, light, flawless Fuji GL690 (with 50, 100 and/or 180mm lenses) - heavy as hell, but the 50mm has eye-burning resolution - wants a separate meter - would require 40 rolls of film X100 (=35mm) - very lightweight, some ability to use grad NDs D700 (I can cover anything from 17 to 300mm) - heavy, fast, able to shoot in any light. Great for ND grads Leica M8 (21 to 90mm) - Not bad for all purposes, but a little heavy Nex-5 (16mm or 18-55 lenses). - kills the X100 in shooting speed. Not bad at taking pictures, either. Excels at HD video. - somewhere, in a drawer, I have the superwide lens adapter Neither film nor batteries nor supplies are really an issue. If I took a GL690, I would grab a cheaper 50mm (=21mm) finder than my Universal Wideangle Finder M, but other than that, this will be off the shelf. I would not take two heavy cameras, but aside from that, the sky is the limit. As I would imagine at 10,000 feet. Ideas? I usually go on gut instinct the day before, but I do like to hear different perspectives. Thanks Dante ____________ Dante Stella http://www.dantestella.com NO ARCHIVE NO ARCHIVE