Long time since i've been on here! World tour is 6 months in

[samdj1210]

Hi guys,
Long time no speak so I thought i'd pop on and say hello.
I'm well in to my world tour now. 6 months have gone so fast. So far my Leica and Me have been to

South Africa.
Latvia
Russia
Mongolia
China
Tibet
and Hong Kong.
next port of call is South Africa again (its where my g/f is) then from there who knows!

Classic camera stories. In tibet and i'm at 5000 meters. A photographer came up to me with his big Canon DSLR and made some joke about no one uses film anymore to me. Blah blah blah. I had the last laugh when I saw him a bit later looking a but sad and pissed off. I asked him if he got any good shots and he said only a couple.... he thinks before the camera shut down on him and wouldn't start up. When we came back to Lhasa which is just over 3000 meters the camera switched on but wouldn't fire off the shutter. I on the other hand got some very beautiful photos and my Leica still works.

Leica 1 Canon 0

I'm glad I took my Leica around the world with me.

Take care everyone.

My blog has my travel stories on it and my random photos off my cheap digital..... Yes that did suffer from altitude sickness as well but seems to be ok now

 

[einolu]

cool, i was born in latvia, i usually go there every other summer. i will check out your blog!

 

[RayPA]

Very cool. I remember when you left. Thanks for checking in. I'll take a peek at the blog. The way I read your story the score should be Leica 2 Canon 0!

🙂

 

[Ara Ghajanian]

The random photos on your blog look pretty good to me. Those are with a cheap digital? The light in China looks really nice.

 

[erikhaugsby]

Classic camera stories. In tibet and i'm at 5000 meters. A photographer came up to me with his big Canon DSLR and made some joke about no one uses film anymore to me. Blah blah blah. I had the last laugh when I saw him a bit later looking a but sad and pissed off. I asked him if he got any good shots and he said only a couple.... he thinks before the camera shut down on him and wouldn't start up. When we came back to Lhasa which is just over 3000 meters the camera switched on but wouldn't fire off the shutter. I on the other hand got some very beautiful photos and my Leica still works.

Leica 1 Canon 0

Priceless. Gotta love the arrogance of the dSLR proletariat.

 

[zuikologist]

Good stuff on your blog. Good luck and enjoy the trip and drop in for more updates.