Markus, I envy you this assignment. Would certainly have available a UV filter when conditions not suitable for polarizing. Very thin 52mm on the 24 to avoid vignetting. I find more and more "need" for a 2-stop grad ND. (Snowy peaks over dark valleys). If can be avoided, DO NOT STACK FILTERS. Flare and vignetting may result. Don't know how much hiking you can expect, but of the lenses you mentioned, I'd limit my choices to the 24, 50 & 70~210 (w/2x TC). Apparently you have designs on some macros (?), so make the 50mm a macro. A light tripod is never left behind. EXTRA: batteries and more film than you can imagine using, all in convenient water 'proof' storage.
Only happy accidents! Jack --- Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A friend of mine works in the tourist travel > business here in Switzerland > and wants me to take photos from her Swiss alp tours > like Mt. Pilatus, Mt. > Rigi, Jungfrau, Mt. Titlis for her brochures. I'm > asked to make mostly > photos of the panorama and the cable car and other > railways and will have to > take the shots **around midday** or hopefully in the > later evening. > > I'm planning on taking most of the photos with the > Pentax SFXn on color > negative film, since I (own and) know this camera > well and take a small > additional manual camera like the ME Super or P30 > body with me. > > I think I will carry the Pentax A 24mm wide lens > (the widest I have), the > 50mm A 2.8 macro (or 50mm 1:1.2) and a tele or > longer zoom like the A > 70-210mm and the A2x teleconverter with me and the > AF280T flash and monopod > or a small tripod. Skylight and 1 circular polfilter > and spare batteries > too. > > Any recommendations from your side regarding lenses, > film material etc. > I don't want to carry too much weight with me if > possible. > > I have additional tele primes like the Tamron 90mm > macro, Pentax M 135mm and > 200mm or zooms M 75-150, A 70-210 and a Sigma 70-30 > and wide lenses in 28mm > and 35mm size and a small Pentax A35-70mm and > F35-135mm zoom. > > > What diameter polfilter would I need for the A24mm > (52mm filter size) to > avoid dark edges or should I only use a UV or > skylight filter on top of the > mountains? Hopefully I can limit myself to two > filter sizes like 52mm and > 58mm. > > > I do not have (a lot of) experience with landscape > photography. > If every thing fails the first time, I could repeat > the travels, so I could > risk some experiments. > > > thanks for any recommendations > Markus > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
