Hi,
Here's what David Douglas Duncan used to cover the Korean war:-
2 x Leica IIIc
50mm and 135mm lenses (Nikkor)
Backpack: rolls of film, toothbrush, soap, insect repellent, single blanket, extra
socks & waterproof poncho
Webbing belt: 2 canteens.
Wrist compass.
Spoon.
Sometimes the most important hardware isn't photographic.
On the other hand, William Albert Allard of Nat Geo used
4 Leica R4s
2 M6s
Eleven lenses, seven of them for the SLRs: a 19mm, 24mm, 28mm, 35mm,
50mm, 80mm, 180mm and four for the rangefinders, a 28mm, 35mm, 50mm and 90mm
3 flash units: 1 Metz handle-mount, 1 Vivitar 283, 1 small Mecablitz hotshoe-mount
and a few small 'pocket' strobes
-One small Tupperware box with a square hole cut in the lid, to fit over the strobe
head as a diffuser
a couple hundred rolls of Kodachrome 64, a couple of bricks of Kodachrome 200, and a
few rolls of high-speed tungsten Ektachrome.
-One tripod
-Extra batteries
-Several felt-tip pens for labelling film canisters
-Caption books
-Expense report books
-A small library of books by William Faulkner
-Not to mention 5 hats, 9 pipes, one-and-a-half pounds of Royal Viking Plus tobacco,
and a fifth of George Dickel bourbon whiskey.
for three weeks in Mississippi.
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Bob
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Thursday, July 19, 2001, 9:52:23 PM, you wrote:
> I think the problem with the question as posed, is that it is so open ended
> and non-specific. My "low fat" group is what I'll take on vacation with me,
> however when I do go sightseeing or generally taking photos, much of that
> will be staying in the hotel room/place that I'm staying.
> On the other hand, if I'm just strolling around town with camera around my
> neck, I usually bring on body/lens with me. It's a great exercise: "Today,
> I'm taking wide-angle shots", "today I'm taking 50mm shots". It forces you
> to really learn how to use that particular lens to its best advantage, I
> think. So what if I miss out on a shot because I didn't have my 200mm with
> me? There'll be other days for that!
> I have to wonder about those who listed 8 or 10 lenses in their "low fat"
> list though...
> I know I've mentioned it here before, but I'll mention it again: HCB used 3
> lenses; a 50, 90, and (rarely) a 135. And he got some pretty good shots!
> :-)
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