tamerlin
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I did this ride today with a good friend -- one who doesn't mind stopping for photo
ops 🙂
Naturally, I took my Leica m7 and 50mm summicron with me... this combination
works well, it didn't get in the way once we got going. The only catch is that the
fanny pack I used wasn't padded, so I wrapped my microfiber windbreaker around
it to pad it, so it was rather awkward to get it in an out of the pack.
If you're up for a bit of hill climbing, the Blue Ridge Challenge is a great route, though
it does have a few sections that involve high-volume highways, which aren't so
pleasant.
I didn't get to shoot nearly as much as I had anticipated however, because by the
time we reached the summit, the temperature had dropped by around 25 degrees,
it was raining quite hard, the wind was swirling and gusting, and we were not
happy campers. And my Leica was wearing my windbreaker, which kept it dry
instead of keeping ME dry. D'oh! (Need weather proof case....)
Another thing that I realized is that it's much harder to stop at will on a bike
than you'd expect, especially during a 35 mile-an-hour descent 🙂
We're planning to do that ride again, hopefully with better weather, and this
time we'll know the route better so I'll try to catch more of the photo ops.
So I got only 10 shots, but that's 10 more than I'd have gotten without a
rangefinder, because I'd have had no way to carry an SLR with a lens on this
trip, due to space limitations; water, food, spare tubes and tools and that sort
of thing are important, and that doesn't leave much room for photo gear. And
SLR lenses won't fit in a Camelback, which as it turns out is also not quite
waterproof.
Edit: I'll post the pics I did get after I get the film processed... I did capture one
image of the storm rolling over the Blue Ridge, hopefully I got it right 🙂
ops 🙂
Naturally, I took my Leica m7 and 50mm summicron with me... this combination
works well, it didn't get in the way once we got going. The only catch is that the
fanny pack I used wasn't padded, so I wrapped my microfiber windbreaker around
it to pad it, so it was rather awkward to get it in an out of the pack.
If you're up for a bit of hill climbing, the Blue Ridge Challenge is a great route, though
it does have a few sections that involve high-volume highways, which aren't so
pleasant.
I didn't get to shoot nearly as much as I had anticipated however, because by the
time we reached the summit, the temperature had dropped by around 25 degrees,
it was raining quite hard, the wind was swirling and gusting, and we were not
happy campers. And my Leica was wearing my windbreaker, which kept it dry
instead of keeping ME dry. D'oh! (Need weather proof case....)
Another thing that I realized is that it's much harder to stop at will on a bike
than you'd expect, especially during a 35 mile-an-hour descent 🙂
We're planning to do that ride again, hopefully with better weather, and this
time we'll know the route better so I'll try to catch more of the photo ops.
So I got only 10 shots, but that's 10 more than I'd have gotten without a
rangefinder, because I'd have had no way to carry an SLR with a lens on this
trip, due to space limitations; water, food, spare tubes and tools and that sort
of thing are important, and that doesn't leave much room for photo gear. And
SLR lenses won't fit in a Camelback, which as it turns out is also not quite
waterproof.
Edit: I'll post the pics I did get after I get the film processed... I did capture one
image of the storm rolling over the Blue Ridge, hopefully I got it right 🙂
