Fgcm Posted September 15, 2017 Share #21 Posted September 15, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Don't forget to bring good binoculars! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 15, 2017 Posted September 15, 2017 Hi Fgcm, Take a look here Possible safari planning with M240-- issues, concerns?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted September 15, 2017 Share #22 Posted September 15, 2017 And a pair of them for each participant. Nothing is as annoying as having to share them on an exciting sighting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted September 16, 2017 Share #23 Posted September 16, 2017 I agree with Jaap, if I'm paying for a Safari it would be with the intention of photographing wildlife. There are other kinds of tours available that emphasize culture or landscape. For Safari photography I would want something as dust-sealed as possible and as lightweight as possible. Also unless I planned to repeat the Safari in the near future I would want something economical enough to have backups for bodies and lenses. All that points me toward Canon as I already have a bunch of it and am very fsmiliar with its use 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 16, 2017 Share #24 Posted September 16, 2017 Especially in South Africa. There are so many things outside Safari - The Cape, the Karoo, the Wine route, Drakensberg, and so much more. I wouldn't know where to start, but all of it classic Leica M territory, and highly recommended. Safari - one can get excellent experiences in South Africa, I thoroughly enjoyed the Elephant Coast private reserves last April, but it does not compare to Zambia, Botswana, Tanzania, Kenia, Zimbabwe etc. The country is too developed to give the archetypal bush experience. The Kruger, parts of it are overrun by tourism, one really has to search for untouched areas, including the private reserves on its borders. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted September 16, 2017 Share #25 Posted September 16, 2017 Well, when we go next year, I'll be taking my Peak Design 20L back pack with SL, TL2, the two SL zooms, Noctilux and the little TL 11-23 zoom. Basically a single system, weathersealed (apart from the TL and Noct) covering 17-420mm with one fast prime. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acordes Posted September 27, 2017 Share #26 Posted September 27, 2017 (edited) Hi, I did not read all the posts so I may repeat...We are doing a lot of overlanding and real offroading (on a Land Rover Defender) - this is often really really bumpy and the things need to be fixed properly.I don't know when it started, but one day I wanted to focus on a very far thing and recognized that I could not focus to infinite. So I did proper Focus test and could see, yes, the focus was misaligned.Went to Leica Shop here in Vienna and told them that I went very bumpy roads... this comment came back: "Bumpy roads and M is not a good combination ;-)"Anyway, they send her back to birthplace with the two lenses I use most (35 & 50) - After a month all came back adjusted.When I wanted to pay they said: No costs, was fixed by kindness/goodwill (don't know the correct English word)The following tests I did do show a very very perfect focusing now, maybe better then ever.Anyway: I do have a M as I can best work with this camera - She is a workhorse and should be one! I continue to use her as she is needed, in rain or where ever.. And in case she needs a maintenance then ok, she'll get it.I don't own such a good thing to let it at home setting dust...Cheers Axel Edited September 27, 2017 by acordes Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 27, 2017 Share #27 Posted September 27, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) With all respect due to this reputed shop, this is twaddle. I have lost count of the number of miles I did off-road with my Leica M cameras, both in Defenders and Landcruisers, which are even more bumpy in the field, but I have never managed to knock the rangefinder out of alignment. Yes, older types may lose vertical alignment if they get a nasty smack on the bottom plate, it happened to me twice, when a camera fell onto concrete from over two feet high, but this has been changed on the M240, which has a redesigned rangefinder to make it more robust. The only time my M8 went off was when it had ridden in an old Cessna which produced heavy vibrations, and the passengers suffered more than the camera. My R cameras gave more problems, the lens mount was too light for heavy lenses and tended to bend under heavy load. As a matter of fact, I have seen Canon zooms break in two, lost the stabilizing element in a 300 4.0 L lens as the screws worked loose, etc. The Leica M is amongst the most robust of cameras in my experience. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jto555 Posted October 2, 2017 Share #28 Posted October 2, 2017 Keep a 2mm Allen key (Hex Key)in your camera bag. With that you can fix the vertical aliment (screw behind the red dot) and the overall camera calibration in the field. I speak from experience... The distance, mid and near settings, well for that you really would need to send the camera back to Leica. Err Jaap, why do I get the feeling that I am "teaching my granny to suck eggs"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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