Good point WRT the insurance - I have a separate rider for photo gear
and file a list of covered items with the agent every year when it
renews. But that said - I don't have the 17-70 on it since it is a more
recent enablement. I'll have to rectify that!
Mark
On 9/1/2014 10:45 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
No backup car!?! Man, you are living on the edge!
But given that you are driving, I would take everything you have mentioned,
maybe another favorite lens or two. With a couple of significant provisos:
A. Double check your insurance policy.
B. Leave behind a good inventory and list of serial numbers.
C. Keep your gear sorted/packed in distinct modules. Fun vs. serious, film vs
digital, natural light vs IR, et. When you leave the car for serious bird
shooting, leave everything else behind. When you wander the shore, carry the Q
and/or IR and leave the rest in the car. You WILL miss some opportunities but
you are supposedly on vacation. Relax and take what comes along.
stan
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On Sep 1, 2014, at 10:13 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote:
I haven’t taken a vacation in more than 15 years, but if I did I think I’d
probably want to minimize the equipment and the photography. I would take the
K-3, the AF 560 flash, the DA* 16-50 and the DA* 60-250. I might also take the
DA 12-24. If the camera broke, I’d make do with my iPhone. If I were to drive
to the destination, I might take a bit more gear.
Paul
On Sep 1, 2014, at 8:56 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote:
Next week my wife and are taking a vacation to the Washington DC area. I plan
on checking out the exhibit where I have a couple of photos in Annapolis - and
that will be one afternoon or morning of our trip. Otherwise I am anticipating
a blend of urban / rural experience in Washington DC, Baltimore and Maryland's
eastern shore. We have one wildlife refuge on the eastern shore that I really
want to visit (if I can figure out where it is).
OK - so I am trying to travel light. The biggest impediment to that is bringing
backup bodies and lenses. When you travel - do you carry backup gear or just
trust to fate that everything will work?
I am thinking of bringing (at a minimum) the K3, IR converted K10D, DA 17-70,
Takumar F 70-200, DFA 100 macro and Sigma 135-400 zoom. All that, except for
the Sigma, fits in a nice little kit. I plan to also bring my Q kit (original
Q, fisheye lens, normal zoom, telephoto zoom, normal prime, extension tubes)
which all fits in a tiny little bag.
I will probably want to also bring a film body and normal zoom, and am thinking
of the Mz-S, sans battery grip, with FA 28-105 zoom. Or I might satify the
analog urge by bringing a Super Ricoflex TLR and a few rolls of 120 film.
And then I'd like a fast lens so maybed the A 50mm f1.4 or FA 50 f1.7. I'll
probably bring the 40mm XR pancake in lieu of a body cap since it is about the
same size.
And then backups and add-ons - ideally I'd like to bring they K5 (in case the
K3 breaks), the DA 16-50 (in case the DA 17-70 breaks), Sigma 70-200 f2.8 as
both a backup for the Takumar F and for a faster telephoto zoom, and maybe an
external flash because it might come in handy...
I am thinking of NOT taking the "backups and add-ons" though I will kick myself
if something breaks or malfunctions on the road. The fast 50 seems questionable and I
might decide to skip the film gear...
This is not a trip of a lifetime but I'll be frustrated if something fails
along the way. I guess the Q kit is a backup for the overall kit but as much as
I like the Q kit it does have limits (slow AF, no eye level finder, poor high
ISO performance, limits on shallow DOF...)
What do you do when you travel?
FWIW I *am* only taking one automobile but I also know I can always rent one if
the car have malfunctions (I actually had to do that once in the past.)
Mark
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