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Subject: [Leica] Leica MM AND PACKING 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TINA!!
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 13:54:08 -0500

Just like the old days at least for me when I had a color and black and
white body sharing the same lenses.


On 2/2/16 1:38 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> Sounds like a great Groundhog's Day Present to yourself!

Jim
> Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 2/2/2016 12:18 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> The
> whole game has changed.  I sent my M9 in to NJ for repair after
> dropping it
> on a marble floor in Cuba.  They called today to tell me that
> not only is it
> really, really wrecked but the sensor is also showing sensor
> corrosion so
> they offered me an upgrade to the M240, which I already have.
> I asked if I
> could get the new MM instead and the answer was YES!!  I'll
> have the same
> battery and battery charger as the M240 so it will be a
> no-brainer to take
> both.  I'll stick the SL in a side pocket somewhere ;-)
>
> Tina
>
> On Tue,
> Feb 2, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd
> bring some nice Leica glass with both the Monochrom as well as color
>>
> bodies. Maybe they'd even be some overlap as to batteries and
> chargers.
>>
>>
>> On 2/1/16 7:19 PM, "Ted Grant" <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> I packed for this trip as a rehearsal for our trip to Iran.
> My main
>>>>>>> complaint was that if I take my favorite cameras, the Leica
> MM, the
>> Leica
>>>>>>> M204, and the Leica SL, I will be carrying 3
> different
>>>> batteries and
>>>>>>> three different chargers.<<<
>> Hi
> Tina,
>> My immediate re-action even though
>>>>>>> it appears IRAN & USA are
> now sort of buddies??????????????
>> The more gear
>>>>>>> you take the more
> you are going to look like a CIA or other SPY type
>> and
>>>>>>> not the
> honest to goodness tourists you will be!
>> ERGO? Take the minimalist
>>>>>>>
> amount of gear to actually shoot the major amount of tourist photos
>>
> you
>>>>>>> wish and will be looking for. Yep I know the Iranian folks are
> nice
>> and
>>>>>>> friendly and all that and you and Tom are good looking
> honest to
>> goodness
>>>>>>> tourists.
>> SO ABSOLUTELY LOOK LIKE IT!
> PERIOD!
>> Gear?
>> So OK two camera
>>>>>>> bodies sounds and looks
> reasonable. 3? With 3 various charging units
>> is
>>>>>>> madness! Quite
> simply put yourself in the "security persons position"
>>>>>>> looking at all
> the cables, lenses, camera bodies etc??
>> " YOU ARE GUILTY!
>>>>>>> YOU ARE
> SOME KIND OF SPY WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT! IRAN ISN'T THE
>>>>>>> COUNTRY
> YOU AND TOM LIVED IN WAY BACK WHEN?
>> 2 camera bodies USING  same
>>>>>>>
> lenses. You  already know what most of your scenes will be and what
>>
> the
>>>>>>> most common daily use lenses will be required. Besides you are
> much
>> older
>>>>>>> than the days way back when and the camera "BAGS ARE
> HEAVIER WHETHER
>> YOU
>>>>>>> LIKE IT OR NOT!" :-( Sorry!
>> I'd play
> absolute hard ball on the equipment.
>>>>>>> Sometimes when we feel we're
> short changing ourselves on the gear?
>> Is just
>>>>>>> the time when you put
> a lens to work due to your talent in such a
>> fashion
>>>>>>> you come away
> with majestic images due to your years of experience
>> and
>>>>>>> natural
> talents that you never thought possible. Believing it was
>> never
>>>>>>>
> possible? UNTIL..... CLICK!  "Holy Cow look at that!" And you smile
>>
> giving
>>>>>>> yourself a nice little pat on the back! Don't over gear
> yourself! :-(
>> Go
>>>>>>> with the attitude this is going to be a wonderful
> adventure and it
>> will be
>>>>>>> if you stay cool...... "IT ISN'T An
> ASSIGNED TRIP" where you have a
>> client
>>>>>>> waiting for you to get home.
> Even so, if you did and you went with
>> one
>>>>>>> camera (((DON'T))) YOU
> HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL INATE TALENTS!" you'd
>> still
>>>>>>> blow the client
> away believing you were " super woman photog!" :-)
>> We know
>>>>>>> you are,
> but we'll never tell!  :-)
>> And yes it's easy to sit here and
>>>>>>> cheer
> you on! But we're not the ones about to fly into this unknown
>> 2016
>>>>>>>
> world of today! Our thoughts and prayers will be with you and Tom
>>
> every
>>>>>>> day until you are home.
>> The Great Spirit will be right handy
> all the
>>>>>>> time. "HE" told me when I offered my prayers for a safe &
> successful
>> trip
>>>>>>> and shoot!
>> cheers
>> Ted Grant
> OC
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original
>>>>>>>
> Message-----
>> From: LUG
>>>>>>>
> [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>>
> Steve
>>>>>>> Barbour
>> Sent: February-01-16 2:37 PM
>> To: LUG list
>>
> Subject: Re: [Leica]
>>>>>>> Leica MM
>>
>>> On Feb 1, 2016, at 2:27 PM,
> Robert Baron
>>>>>>> <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> My 2 cents
> worth:
>>>
>>> --I would
>>>>>>> never go on an important trip with just one
> Leica body;
>>> --I agree the
>>>>>>> MM is too limiting in any event.
>>>
> ?Bob
>>
>> I totally agree;in my limited
>>>>>>> experience my most
> trustworthy M7 failed two days into a 3 week trip
>> to
>>>>>>> France, what
> happened was not pretty, but it was very
>>>>>>> expensive.
>>
>>
> steve
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Tina Manley
>>>>>>>
> <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>>>> LUG:
>>>>
>>>> I packed for this trip
> as
>>>>>>> a rehearsal for our trip to Iran.  My main
>>>> complaint was that
> if I take
>>>>>>> my favorite cameras, the Leica MM, the Leica
>>>> M204, and
> the Leica SL, I
>>>>>>> will be carrying 3 different batteries and three
>>>>
> different chargers.
>>>>
>>>> I am so, so tempted to just take the Leica
> MM.
>>>>
>>>> Talk me out of
>>>>>>> it.
>>>> Tina
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Tina
> Manley
>>>> http://
>>>> <
>>>>
>>
> http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYg
>>
> fmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artist
>>>
> >>>> websites.com
>>
> %2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=021d6e0b-358c-4734-871f-2a64eaf59da
>>>>>>> 1
>>>>
> www.tinamanley.com
>>>> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/
>>>>
>>>>
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