Oh, you'll get no disagreement from me on that point. OTOH, based on the equipment list posted by some GFM attendees, and the gear I've seen various PDMLers take for a few hours of local shooting on one of our NorCal meetings, there is definitely a point of overkill. Capa shot an entire war with less gear than some people bring on a days outing. Erwitt's travelling equipment case of 35mm gear - the one he took when on assignment - contained less gear than some people take for a weekend stroll in the woods. I think you have the same photo I do of that case.
But, the real point is that, for me and some others - yourself included - carryig lap tops, CD burners, poratble hydroelectric generators, satellite uplinks, and so on and on are not only wasteful of space but often useless in many situations. And, considering the prevelance of zoom lenses these days, you can often get by with only two or three lenses. What some of the people here are missing is the point that many photogs when travelling, are travelling to places where it's difficult to recharge batteries, where lap tops are useless without portable generators, and where it may be difficult to find an internet cafe that allow you to burn CD's. Shel "The smallest feline is a masterpiece" - Leonardo da Vinci > [Original Message] > From: Bob W > One of the important things is to try and eliminate show-stoppers and, > as far as reasonable, single points of failure. It's therefore wise to > have at least 2 bodies and a set of lenses with some overlap in their > range of focal lengths. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
