Hi Jack, Alan, Paul and John (and others) I plan to shoot some additional closeup details for ex. some flowers or interesting details of the railway or cable car, thats why I think about carrying the A 50mm 2.8 macro with me. I should not have a need for a faster lens than 2.8/4 I think, I will carry a ND filter as well with me if it is very bright in the snow. And of course, snapshot taking of tourists is always nice for me and PESOS here.. (thats why I would carry the flash with me) I will try to look and act as a tourist too just for fun and to see my home country with their eyes ;-)
Maybe I should carry a sturdy tripod and really forget about the monopod ore just a small tripod. Would you go for ISO 100 film, the prints will not be larger than 10x15cm max or parts on A4/A5 flyers or should I take ISO 200 film as I use normaly to have a bit reserve for freehand shots? Would a 58mm polarizer with normal thickness with step down ring 58->52mm produce dark edges on the 24mm wide lens, anybody knows? Yes Jack, I will really enjoy this trips, since I can make all her tours to the most beautiful places in Switzerland for free and get a small payment for the photos she uses later too. She used to print some free available tourist information material in the years before in her brochures but this year they started to demand quite big copyright fees... you can have a look at the excursions at www.bestofswitzerlandtours.ch, (soon completly new designed website) thanks again for your valuable advices Markus >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Jack Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 11:49 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: Taking photos in the Swiss alps - seeking for advice >> >> >>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 >> >>
