Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I used the UV-B, but I was shooting Fujichrome with Canon and Tokina (and sometimes Contax G) which tend to the cool anyway.? You could probably get a very similar effect stacking a standard UV and a polarizer if the exact color isn't critical (RAW or B&W). Someone - maybe Tiffen - used to make a combination warm polarizer/UV filter, which would probably have been perfect if I'd had the budget. R. Clayton McKee PhotoJournalist from somewhere just south of somewhere else... >________________________________ > From: Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 7:17 AM >Subject: Re: [Leica] What would you take to Peru? > >RCM - > >Stronger than an 010 or a Leica UV/IR?? If it requires something like a >UV-17 (Tiffen), a UV-B (Hoya)? or a 415 (B+W), I could probably pick one up >today, but if I already have something kicking around.... > >Tina - what were you using with the M8? > >Thanks! >Dante > >On Mar 24, 2012, at 12:21 AM, R. Clayton McKee wrote: > >> High UV filters.? You get up in the Andes and unless you're a TREMENDOUS >> fan of blue chromes.... You're going to want them.? >> >>? >> R. Clayton McKee >> PhotoJournalist >> from somewhere just south of somewhere else... >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net> >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 9:43 PM >>> Subject: [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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >