Re: kit selection

2004-05-21 Thread Lon Williamson
If it were me, I'd be torn between something wider than a 28 and plugging that hole between 50 and 100Macro with an 85. You mention the bag is getting heavy. How will another lens help that situation? Lens Lust, the Flattener of Fototographer Footies. Butch Black wrote: Hi Guys; I have

Re: kit selection

2004-05-14 Thread David Mann
On May 14, 2004, at 5:22 AM, Butch Black wrote: I have gotten to that point where my camera bag has gotten too heavy. Throw in a couple of bricks for a while. When you take them out it'll feel light. Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

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2004-05-14 Thread Cotty
I have gotten to that point where my camera bag has gotten too heavy. Throw in a couple of bricks for a while. When you take them out it'll feel light. There's some logic in that. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps

Re: kit selection

2004-05-13 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 13 May 2004, Butch Black wrote: I have gotten to that point where my camera bag has gotten too heavy. So I'm thinking of downsizing what I carry when I'm not shooting something specific. My current lineup: Z-1p, K1000, K 28/3.5, K 35/3.5, M 50/1.4, A 50/1.7, M 50/2.0, M 100/4.0 macro,

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2004-05-13 Thread Steve Desjardins
The 300 is a big, heavy lens. Could you do without it on a regular basis? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/13/04 01:22PM Hi Guys; I have gotten to that point where my camera bag has gotten too heavy. So I'm thinking of downsizing what I carry when I'm not shooting something specific. My current lineup:

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2004-05-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Do you carry all that with you when you go out to photograph? If so, fer gawd sake, why? Shel Belinkoff [Original Message] From: Butch Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have gotten to that point where my camera bag has gotten too heavy. So I'm thinking of downsizing what I carry when I'm not

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2004-05-13 Thread Butch Black
Hi Guys; I have gotten to that point where my camera bag has gotten too heavy. So I'm thinking of downsizing what I carry when I'm not shooting something specific. My current lineup: Z-1p, K1000, K 28/3.5, K 35/3.5, M 50/1.4, A 50/1.7, M 50/2.0, M 100/4.0 macro, M 135/3.5, M 200/4.0, FA* 300/4.5,

RE: kit selection

2004-05-13 Thread Butch Black
Do you carry all that with you when you go out to photograph? If so, fer gawd sake, why? Shel Belinkoff A back up body in case of camera failure. The lenses under the assumption that the lens left behind would be the one I needed. As the body of my question states the kit has gotten too heavy

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2004-05-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/5/04, HERMANN, discombobulated, offered: I have gotten to that point where my camera bag has gotten too heavy. My God. Only now? You have been remarkably froogle in your kit purchase Butch! I think that happened to me about ten minutes after I bought some Pentax gear, mind you, the bag

Re: kit selection

2004-05-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 May 2004 at 13:22, Butch Black wrote: Hi Guys; I'm thinking of breaking it down to 2 bags. The main bag would be the Z-1p, 35, 50/1.4, 135, 300, and the flash. The #2 bag would be the rest minus the m 50/2.0. Obviously if I'm shooting something that another lens would be useful I can