Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely, George. Even when just going out for a walk with an M8 or
G1 I take another camera of the same type and put it in the car and
also put a point and shoot in my pocket. When I go out in my Subaru,
the contents is usually a lot more valuable than the car.
Just like after seeing a number of hard drive crashes, I backup my
photos to 4 different places. :-) You can never back up enough.
At 11:04 PM -0500 6/7/10, George Lottermoser wrote:
>Jayanand,
>
>I totally understand the necessity to prepare for extenuating circumstances;
>and referred only my own shooting style;
>wasn't making any sort of recommendation.
>
>When I did the recent gig in Memphis
>I planned on shooting all the work with the R8/DMR;
>but also took the 5D and M8 as backup;
>as well as the M6TTL (in case all else failed).
>I also took extra flash tubes, modeling lights, and fuses for the
>Elinchrom strobes;
>and way more than enough AA's and 9 volts for the Quantum Radio slaves;
>along with an extra transmitter and receiver; as well as 5 synch chords;
>incase the slaves failed.
>
>As it turned out the R8/DMR performed as required without a hitch.
>The only failure in nearly 25 hours of shooting was one 250 watt
>second strobe modeling light;
>and when I replaced it with a new one (as well as the fuse) - it
>still failed to work.
>So that light has to go in for repair of a circuit (or replacement);
>and I had an extra 500 watt second unit in the case for just such an event.
>
>Backup is rule one if one wishes to avoid embarrassment and insure payment.
>
>Regards,
>George Lottermoser
>george at imagist.com
>http://www.imagist.com
>http://www.imagist.com/blog
>http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
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