On Jul 19, 2005, at 7:42 AM, Tom Reese wrote:
My circumstances are a little different because I travel by
motorcycle instead of bicycle but there are some similarities. My
biggest concern is volume rather than weight but they're pretty
much the same thing. My strategy is to take two cheap zoom lenses.
I take a wide angle to normal zoom for scenics and a normal to
telephoto zoom for wildlife.
I have taken a K-1000 because they're almost bulletproof and later
my ZX-5N because it had the spot meter and autofocus capability.
The lenses and body go into zip lock plastic bags and they get
placed into a small well padded camera bag that also goes into a
plastic bag.
I do make room for a polarizing filter.
On motorcycle trips, my standard kit was a Nikon FM or FE2 body +
20/50/85 primes, 70-300mm zoom, or a Leica M + 24/35/75 primes. Each
component wrapped in a Domke wrap, carried in a Domke F5 Hip and
Shoulder bag, which was then carried on the bike in a waterproof,
padded tailbag fitted to the passenger section of the seat (I don't
normally carry a passenger). The F5 has enough room for the camera
bits, a few rolls of film and other small miscellany; film stock was
packed separately.
I'm not riding much at all anymore (matter of fact, I decided to sell
the bikes now as I'm just completely unmotivated to deal with them at
present), but were I to go on a trip, I'd carry the *ist DS plus 14,
20-35 and possibly one other lens (either a fast, longer prime or the
28-105) the same way.
Godfrey
