On May 18, 2012, at 8:59 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > If you were going to be restricted to 1 bag max wt 30 lbs, what would you > carry as a minimum photographic kit? > > The 30 lbs has to include all clothing & other necessities. > > The stuff in my pockets doesn't count towards the weight limit, nor does the > clothing I'm wearing. > Not enough info John. So I'll give two option-sets based on two sets of assumptions, two out of what is obviously a very large universe of possible situations.
1. Assume you will be traveling on safari to a place with no internet access, you'll be there for 10 days, with several shooting sessions per day. Sporadic electricity. So, a) longer lens is better: 60-250. b) lots of storage space needed, no chance of uploading to the Cloud: many megabytes of SD cards plus a netbook, tablet, or other small light mechanism that will allow you to download/backup your images. c) Spare batteries plus charger. If possible given weight and volume, add 77mm and 21mm lenses. And of course one body - K5 or K7 or whatever you have. 2. Assume you'll be traveling to Rome or London or other significant metro region. One spare battery at most plus charger, a smaller handful of SD cards, storage you can download to, something that will give you net access to upload your images. One body, three lenses: 21mm, 55mm, and 77mm. (I had many more than these on my last vacation trip - to Rome in 2009 - but the 21mm and 55mm accounted for the vast majority of my photos.) For portable storage/backup, to which you can download without a computer, I have been pleased with the HyperDrive (3 generations now.) Built-in rechargeable battery. You can buy the case (including its logic board, power source etc.) and finish it out with your own 2.5 inch drive. Take a monopod and use it as a cane or walking stick while in or near the airline terminals - that shouldn't count against your weight limit. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
