I think I am more on the "...or not" side of the subject line. I wish I
had small / short primes but unfortunately I never bought them - so
with a few exceptions I would have to rely on zooms. The primes I have
are all in the normal to telephoto range (with a couple of exceptions).
One idea I toyed with was brings a Ricoflex TLR or Holga as a film
alternative - similar to your specialist camera. But that get's bulky.
I haven't mentioned tripods but I was planning on taking a Manfrotto
3021 with me. I *keep* it in the car so I just figured I would bring it.
Otherwise I'd have to find room in the house for it.
Mark
On 9/2/2014 3:14 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
That sounds rather far from "traveling light" to me. :-)
- I only carry backup bodies/lenses if I'm traveling on a paid shoot.
- Traveling light to me is one body, one to three small prime lenses. For years
that's been some approximation of 21-28, 35-50, and 90-135 mm equivalent FoV in
terms of lens choices.
- If I want to carry a film body in addition, it's either a body that can be
used with the same lenses, a Polaroid (either SX-70 or Spectra), or something
specialist like the Hassy SWC. But that immediately puts me out of the
'traveling light' domain.
- I often carry a tripod or at least my favorite ball head to use with borrowed
legs. My littlest travel set stays in the traveling light mode, but the larger
set moves me out of that zone.
Godfrey
On Sep 2, 2014, at 9:29 AM, "P.J. Alling" <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
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.
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