If I’m on a job I take a backup body and just about everything else that I might possibly use: ten lenses, two flashes, multiple batteries and chargers, a tripod, two heads, a couple of reflectors, a short ladder and my knee pads. Of course, that’s when I can drive to the location. For fly-in jobs I take what I can fit in a carry on, but always two bodies. On a short day trip with photos as a goal, I take just a body and the lens or lenses I think I’ll want to use. If I ever was able to take a vacation, which is doubtful, I think I’d just take a body, a couple of lenses and a flash. My last vacation was 18 years ago and it was really for the kids. I think I took a Spotmatic F and a couple of lenses. On a vacation I would probably want to leave the photography behind for the most part. On Sep 2, 2014, at 6:03 PM, Brian Walters <apathy...@lyons-ryan.org> wrote:
> Quoting Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com>: > >> I'm just winding down my UK trip hiking through Yorkshire. I took my light >> travel kit: K5, DA 12-24, DA* 16-50 and DA-L 55-300, plus a Manfrotto >> Mountaineer carbon fibre tripod and a Sigma +1.6 diopter achromatic close-up >> attachment for "macro" work. No backup body. All this kit has proven so dead >> reliable through years of atrocious outdoor conditions that I felt confident >> without bringing more (actually, the DA-L 55-300 is relatively new but I >> thought I'd risk it). >> >> Last year in Italy I brought a similar kit but with a backup body. > > > You're braver than I am. > > A few years ago my SLR failed in a remote part of Australia and I vowed never > to travel without a backup body again. Of course, I've never had a failure > since. > > > > -- > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
