OM-1n with spare battery, but probably wont need it.
Overexpose 1 stop.
Kodachrome 64 (200 for winter) as it reproduces white excellently.
400 ASA for Aurora shots. Hold open and guess.
E-6 processing on site. For Australian stations, talk to someone at Ant Div
for info on purchasing chemicals. Or drop me a line privately.
Take a tripod. I took a Manfrotto 190 with 141 RC head. Can buy duty free
before going.
I took 28, 50, 90, 75-150, 300, 2X-A. And extension tubes and close up
lenses. T32 for indoor party shots. Used them all. The 28 got grit in it.
The Tamron 90 mm lost a screw. The 1n advance mechanism would require two
moves. The cold caused a cog to shrink a bit. No great need for
winterisation of cameras and lenses.
Polarising filters. Take 2. He will need them.
No problem with film breaking. Do not use a winder. Manual wind slowly. All
will be OK.
Get the body and lenses properly maintained and tested before going.
I also took a 2SP. Took great aurora photos on auto. The batteries were
rarely working. But I only used it for aurora shots.
Salt water is a problem. Don't go swimming with the camera. This usually
limits the salt water effect. 8-)
Foxy
Davis 1994 - 1995
----- Original Message -----
>a friend of mine... biologist leaves in february for a scientifical mission
>in antartica (Brrrrr....)
>since is not a professional photographer and comes from a poor
university...
>(and goes with a poor antartic scientifical ship)... he wants to take some
>of his own photographical equipment with him...
>last time he went there he took some old canon A1 and canon lenses... but
he
>had lot of problems with almost everything... from film winding to
>focusing... not speaking about electronics...
>
>I proposed him to prepare some stuffs...
>
>an old but fonctionnal OM1
>a goossens lunasix... with spot extension (could be kept in the pocket...)
>some lenses... (50, 28, 135)
>and may be an old novoflex 400mm (birds... birds...)
>
>Since he his a good friend of mine and I have some redundant old stuffs...
I
>will be very kind in lending him some of my beloved zuiko things... but
>
>What are the risk for the equipment (due to extreme cold weather ) other
>than the usual risks linked with salt water... and so on...?
>Do you know any tricks that could be used... I thought of having the lenses
>gears lubrified with very fluid stuff... or even to design or modify a case
>with a system to try to keep the film above -10°C...
>
>Any experience in this field... ?
>Thanks...
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