Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]after circa 6,000 shots with the X-E1 I still don't understand Korean enough to master the voice control. The teacher will be here tonight, report tomorrow ;-) Amities Philippe Le 7 juil. 2014 ? 17:15, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> a ?crit : > Thanks, but that's why I got the camera over a month ago and have taken 860 > photos with it! I had not taken it on a mission trip, however, and that's > really the only way to test it - in the field. I found out that riding > over rough roads in the back of a pick-up truck and encountering lots of > curious children have an adverse affect on this camera! > > Tina > > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 2:33 AM, Philippe <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > >> Basic rule, never embark on a trip with new gear you're not familiar with >> ? >> >> Else, kudos on your dedication Tina. >> I supported a NGO a friend (whom Geoff met when here) who is an >> ophthalmologist and had set up a medical center in Mexico - I have an >> insight of how demanding it may sometimes be. Bravo! >> >> Amities >> Philippe >> >> Le 5 juil. 2014 ? 18:58, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> a ?crit : >> >>> PESO: >>> >>> I am back from a week in Honduras. After over 25 years of making several >>> trips a year taking medical brigades to Honduras and Guatemala, I retired >>> in 2009 and haven't been back since. This was a special trip to >>> investigate the possibility of building a permanent eye clinic to do >>> cataract surgery in Trinidad de Copan, Honduras. There were only three >> of >>> us on this trip, an eye doctor who has been many times, the coordinator >> who >>> has planned many trips, and me. We met up with another medical group of >> 19 >>> people from Virginia and traveled to several remote villages with them. >> I >>> learned to use an auto-refractor and examined almost 300 people, giving >> out >>> glasses when we had appropriate prescriptions. The auto-refractor was >> fun >>> and very helpful but it kept me busy from dawn until dark and I didn't >> get >>> to take as many photos as usual. >>> >>> I was very tempted to throw the Fuji X-Pro across the room several times. >>> Every time I picked it up, something on the camera had changed. Operator >>> error, I know, but very, very frustrating. The little switch on the >> front >>> got moved to M for manual focus, +/- for exposure got changed, the >> aperture >>> ring on those lenses with one would move drastically, the manual focus >> ring >>> on the 14/2.8 would slip backward, turning off the auto-focus. I got so >>> paranoid that I didn't trust the camera without checking every setting >> and >>> by that time my photo would be gone. I ended up using the M240 and MM >> much >>> more than the Fuji and I had thought it would be the opposite. >>> >>> The other thing that was extremely frustrating was that we had 21 >>> photographers on the trip. Everybody had a digital camera or phone or >> iPad >>> and everybody was taking photos constantly. I had a hard time getting >> any >>> photos without other photographers in them. The people posed and then >>> wanted to see their photos on the back of the camera. One three-year old >>> took my camera and slid her finger across the screen to make the photo >>> change. When it didn't, she started pushing the buttons to view the >>> photos. The last time I was in Honduras, most people had never even >> seen a >>> digital camera. I think I retired at the right time. >>> >>> I'm downloading photos now and should have some to post next week. The >>> garden needs weeding and the lawn needs mowing so photos are down the >> list >>> of priorities today! >>> >>> We identified over 60 patients who need cataract surgery and will begin >>> fund-raising for the clinic next week. We hope to do our first surgeries >>> in March. >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley >>> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information