RE: For Travel, Limiteds Limiting?

2002-06-16 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Bryan Carter Vyhmeister Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 5:00 PM I am going to Turkey for a Middle East Study Tour having to do with archaeology in August. I am taking my MZ-S with BG-10 and possibly a second MZ-S with BG-10 (depending on finances). I am wondering if taking the 31mm f/1.8 Limited,

RE: For Travel, Limiteds Limiting?

2002-06-15 Thread John Coyle
On a recent trip I took only the 28-105 FA 4-5.6 and the M200/4, as at that time it covered everything I had, except a 135 and a 400mm, which would have been just too heavy. I also took the AF330FTZ flash, and used 400 and 800 ASA Ektapress film. I found that covered most things pretty

RE: For Travel, Limiteds Limiting?

2002-06-15 Thread Alan Chan
Hong Kong for details of their bamboo scaffolding on a 35 storey building! Never thought that could be the tourist attraction. :) regards, Alan Chan _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com - This

RE: For Travel, Limiteds Limiting?

2002-06-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 15 Jun 2002 at 1:07, Alan Chan wrote: Hong Kong for details of their bamboo scaffolding on a 35 storey building! Never thought that could be the tourist attraction. :) It seems to be an Aussie affliction, the first time I saw them I was gazing up in utter amazement and so was a guy

RE: For Travel, Limiteds Limiting?

2002-06-15 Thread Alan Chan
It seems to be an Aussie affliction, the first time I saw them I was gazing up in utter amazement and so was a guy next to me, he commented to me about it in a broad Aussie accent :-) Its a marriage that seems incongruous to most westerners, thousand year old technology being employed in the

RE: For Travel, Limiteds Limiting?

2002-06-15 Thread Paul F. Stregevsky
Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally, I would drop the 43 in favour of the 24-90. If you have 3 cameras travel with the 24-90 on one and the 70-200 on the other. That way you are always ready for all focal lengths. Rob, I hear this a lot, making me suspect that when traveling, I must

Re: For Travel, Limiteds Limiting?

2002-06-15 Thread Paul F. Stregevsky
Rob, It's been quite a while since I've saved someone's views into the Which focal lengths to carry question. But your comments were so insightful I've saved them in bold red. You may have even persuaded me to sell my Rikenon 28-100/4. Rob Studdert wrote: After a few days with the combo that

For Travel, Limiteds Limiting?

2002-06-14 Thread Bryan Carter Vyhmeister
I am going to Turkey for a Middle East Study Tour having to do with archaeology in August. I am taking my MZ-S with BG-10 and possibly a second MZ-S with BG-10 (depending on finances). I am wondering if taking the 31mm f/1.8 Limited, 43mm f/1.9 Limited, and 77mm f/1.8 Limited prime lenses

Re: For Travel, Limiteds Limiting?

2002-06-14 Thread Mishka
a tad too close for me, i'd pick one of them and something really wide on top of that. just my 2p. mishka From: Bryan Carter Vyhmeister Subject: For Travel, Limiteds Limiting? Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:49:24 -0700 Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

Re: For Travel, Limiteds Limiting?

2002-06-14 Thread Rob Studdert
On 14 Jun 2002 at 13:59, Bryan Carter Vyhmeister wrote: I am going to Turkey for a Middle East Study Tour having to do with archaeology in August. I am taking my MZ-S with BG-10 and possibly a second MZ-S with BG-10 (depending on finances). I am wondering if taking the 31mm f/1.8 Limited,

Re: For Travel, Limiteds Limiting?

2002-06-14 Thread Stan Halpin
From: Bryan Carter Vyhmeister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:59:53 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: For Travel, Limiteds Limiting? I am going to Turkey for a Middle East Study Tour having to do with archaeology in August. I am taking my MZ-S

Re: For Travel, Limiteds Limiting?

2002-06-14 Thread Alan Chan
The last time I had a 2 weeks trip to Japan with my friends and I brought 1 body, 1 flash, 4 prime lenses only - Domke F6, Z-1p, AF200T, FA*24, FA43, FA77, FA100. While I enjoy the speeds and sizes of these lenses, switching lenses were always a problem (especially when the streets were