Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, everybody. I knew I could count on you for good advice! I will consider taking an M body as back-up. Tripod and monopod. Extra layers of clothes. I'm going to try out my Voightlander 12 on the SL and see how that works! I know the 19R does great. I'm going to pack my camera backpack, weigh it, and start taking things out ;-) Tina On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 2:04 AM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> wrote: > Xmas is close, very close. > > Wouldn?t it be high time for Tom to finally get his own SL body? > He?s been dreaming of one for so long ... > ;-) > > Against the cold, I don?t see many solutions but the onion technique. > I sometimes even wear silk gloves under my ski gloves ? makes it difficult > to feel the shutter release button though. > > I?ll ask a friend who made the trip with his nikons, and report when he?s > anwered to me. > > Till then > > Amities > Philippe > > > > Le 11 d?c. 2017 ? 23:26, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> a ?crit : > > > > PESO: > > > > One of the items on our bucket list is to see and photograph the Northern > > Lights. We have planned a 25 day trip through Norway and Sweden > beginning > > January 24 until February 17. It is going to be cold and dark. We will > > stay in a cabin on an island some of the time, but there are a lot of > > transfers from boat to bus to train all along the way. > > > > In a nutshell, we need to travel with as little luggage as possible. > Right > > now, I plan to just carry my SL with the two SL lenses that I have 24-90 > > and 50/1.4. I have the M to L converter and a couple of M lenses and > the R > > to L converter and couple of R lenses. Battery charger, batteries, power > > pack, memory cards, tiny netbook, downloader, external hard drives, > cables, > > converters, power plugs. That should all fit in my Lowepro backpack and > an > > M Classic satchel. > > > > Clothes will be long underwear, jeans, turtlenecks, down coats, boots, > > gloves, hats, thermal socks - all fitting in one roll-on bag. Small > > travel-sized tubes of toothpaste, soaps, etc. > > > > I've made my list and checked it more than twice. Am I forgetting > > anything? Have you photographed the Northern Lights? Any > recommendations? > > > > TIA > > > > Tina > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html