Your plan is more or less what I was thinking of - a small field bag and
then a bag to keep the spares and backups. Maybe I'll skip the film
stuff though...
Mark
On 9/1/2014 10:57 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi Mark:
We did a 2,265 mile road trip this summer. I did take a back-up body (K5) just in case
the K-3 malfunctioned. As to lenses I had the two pancakes 21 & 40 & DA
50-135mm, a flash. Of course, I had a remote, extra batteries and chargers, memory
cards, though I had two 32 gig cards in the K3, so I didn't need too many extra 8 gig
cards.
Because we had the car, I had two camera bags: one for the field and a tech
bag. I used the original classic Domke bag as my tech bag, which was filled
with the stuff I didn't need in the field bag on any given day. I usually had
the pancakes on the camera and in the field bag since we did a lot of urban
stuff, but the DA* 50-135 was used for more landscapeish destinations. But I
left it in the tech bag if I didn't need it. I also left the K5 in the tech
bag. I brought my travel tripod, but didn't use it that much-- mostly just
shots of Darrel and me, though it remained in the car most of the time. I did
take my little Optio WG just in case we splashed around in water, but that
didn't happen either. The Optio could have served as a back up, but the high
ISO quality isn't very good, which doesn't surprise me since it's really an
outdoor adventure camera.
I did think about bringing my MX to shoot some film, but decided against it.
These days packing a lot of gear is not very appealing.
So, that's what I do/did when traveling.
Cheers, Christine
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On Sep 1, 2014, at 7:56 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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