vanhulsenbeek Posted March 6, 2010 Share #21 Posted March 6, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I hope Mr. Hartley takes along a spare; MP is a great camera but ''stuff happens'' Quite, like my M7 washing into the Indian Ocean in the Boxing Day Tsunami, 26 December 2004. LEICA ELMARIT-M 24mm f/2.8 ASPH included. Not something you can prepare for! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 6, 2010 Posted March 6, 2010 Hi vanhulsenbeek, Take a look here Leica MP Goes to the Arctic. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
abrewer Posted April 7, 2010 Share #22 Posted April 7, 2010 Arctic photographer shuns digital for classic Leica An arctic photographer has chosen a film-based Leica MP camera to record his latest expedition because he says digital cameras are unreliable in extreme conditions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted April 7, 2010 Share #23 Posted April 7, 2010 Yea but his got a celebrity fix Allan, before he went. For us mere mortals who pay they wreck them or let the monkeys tinker with them, so that when you do go they constantly let you down.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted April 7, 2010 Share #24 Posted April 7, 2010 Sounds [thread=117603]familiar[/thread] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted April 7, 2010 Share #25 Posted April 7, 2010 He's the guy quoted as saying that below minus 40 C electronic circuits slow down and become unreliable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christer Posted April 7, 2010 Share #26 Posted April 7, 2010 I doubt the new pictures will be any better than those currently on show in a Hamburg Gallery: Flo Peters Gallery Loading is a bit slow, but there are 20 rather large pictures. I have seen the exhibition and it is very well worth a long detour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Barnes Posted April 7, 2010 Share #27 Posted April 7, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) im sure the fella will do fine....some (most) of his work on his site is fantastic...imo:o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted April 7, 2010 Share #28 Posted April 7, 2010 M4-P, 21/3.4 Super-Angulon-M, 9cm Elmar 1:4, Sekonic L-208 (one second battery) and lots of film.... The batteries in the M4-P and Sekonic will not like the cold, you need remote battery packs if you are going to let the kit go down in temperature. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clovis Posted April 7, 2010 Share #29 Posted April 7, 2010 The batteries in the M4-P and Sekonic will not like the cold, you need remote battery packs if you are going to let the kit go down in temperature. Noel Since when did the M4-P use batteries? It is a meter-less camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted April 8, 2010 Share #30 Posted April 8, 2010 I doubt the new pictures will be any better than those currently on show in a Hamburg Gallery:. Well when your name is Hurley or Ponting and you have a square foot of glass plate to point at Mawson or Scott its pretty hard to see how nothing else stacks up amongst the ice:rolleyes:. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted April 8, 2010 Share #31 Posted April 8, 2010 Since when did the M4-P use batteries? It is a meter-less camera. Yea sorry spotted that I had typed the wrong camera too late I meant to type MP as the original post.. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frc Posted April 9, 2010 Share #32 Posted April 9, 2010 Forget about the batteries, the MP works fine without them. And if you have the Sekonic, why use the MP's internal meter? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Morrison Posted April 10, 2010 Share #33 Posted April 10, 2010 Spot on NB23 on at least two counts. My M4-P took all the Canadian Arctic could do to it and in Manchuria this winter past a 28 was the only focal length used. Very happy with my pictures! Yours, R. Morrison Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilerdoc Posted April 15, 2010 Share #34 Posted April 15, 2010 What with global warming he'll not need an MP. Could use an M7! Hi Allan! From Anderson, In. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBA Posted April 15, 2010 Share #35 Posted April 15, 2010 He's the guy quoted as saying that below minus 40 C electronic circuits slow down and become unreliable. Breaking news: superconductivity is a hoax! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaws Posted April 15, 2010 Share #36 Posted April 15, 2010 specially tested could mean lots of things. I suppose it is possible to change the lubricants for thinner ones in preparation for extreme cold. Shooting in -20 degs C its amazing how stiff lenses can become. funnily enough my ZMs fared a lot better than the Leica lenses in this regard. Just like tanks, where firepower, maneuverability and protection all trade off, its the same with camera kit. You need more until you get to the point where less is better. For me thats a couple of M bodies and 3-4 lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbgeach Posted April 16, 2010 Share #37 Posted April 16, 2010 He's the guy quoted as saying that below minus 40 C electronic circuits slow down and become unreliable. This is why only mechanical satillites are sent into orbit. As you know, it is a balmy -270 degrees Celsius, or -455 Fahrenheit. This would be much too cold to have something important dependent on electric circuits. All kidding aside, I understand why he is taking an MP and I agree with him, I just disagree with some of his logic and think a Nikon F4 would fare just fine. Heck, I think if he took a D700 with 3-4 batteries and turned off the photo review he would be fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbaron Posted April 16, 2010 Share #38 Posted April 16, 2010 I've used the F4 as a pro ski photographer and agree that it could handle the cold, but the amount of batteries required would be ridiculous, compared to an MP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gberger Posted April 18, 2010 Share #39 Posted April 18, 2010 I took an M4 to the USAF base at Thule, Greenland, in 1974, for a month in the dead of winter. No problems with shutter speeds, but the lens focus and f stop rings settings were VERY stiff at -20F. (50 Summicron and 35mm Summicron). I worried more about my fingers, hands and toes than I did about the camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farbfam Posted May 8, 2010 Share #40 Posted May 8, 2010 Does anyone have information about choices of film for this expedition and/or what considerations might have influenced film selection? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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