Well, that was enlightening Jens. It seems to be better after all to stick to film cameras as serious travelling gear. Peter
>For travelling (long trips) I'm not shure I'd want to bring a digital. A few >years back I went to South Africa and didn't even bring my PZ-1. I brought >my Super A. Mostly because it's light and small - and because of the crime >rate in S.A. Tree weeks in South Africa and I didn't chaage batteries even >once. > >If I should travel with the *ist D, I'd make sure to have: >Sufficient Insurance >Vosonic P300 card-reader/hard-drive >Extra batteries for harddrive and camera as well as battery chargers. >That's the big problem with digital - it's very battery consuming. > >And it doesn't handle moisture/wet weather very well. When I lived in >Irealnd, I did a lot of hillwalking, which meant I'd be walking from 8 AM to >8 PM - in the wind, sunshine and rain. I'd hate to see my digital camera >spoiled by moisture. If you are travelling by car it's a different story, of >course. > > > >Jens Bladt >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > >-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >Fra: Peter Smekal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sendt: 23. januar 2005 15:12 >Til: [email protected] >Emne: Digital anguish > > >Hi all, >it funny how one can get affected by everyone going digital, and by all >talk about film being dead, or at least dying. So lately I've been thinking >about trying to get an *ist D as long as some still are on the market. It >seems to be not so unlike the PZ-1p/Z-1p with its Hyperprogram which I like >and use a lot. One never knows what the next Pentax DSLR will look like, >but probably (?) less like the PZ-1p/Z-1p than the *ist D. >But then again I wonder if the *ist D is that practical when you are >travelling (which is when I'm doing most of my photographing). My LX, ME >Super and PZ-1p/Z-1p have been rather trustworthy travel companions. >And then I see all the slides, colour and b+w films I've shot during the >years in different parts of the world, and start to wonder if it wouldn't >be better to go digital by scanning and work on the best of all those pics >to begin with. >Well, maybe its just sad to put some great gear into retirement (I'm pretty >sure once I've managed to get a *ist D I will be toying around with it most >of the time). >Any advice? >BTW What would you recommend as a good Mac-compatible scanner? >Peter, Sweden
