I have 5.5 gigs of CF cards. They usually suffice for even a long overnight hike. On vacation or work trips, I take my laptop. I need it for other reasons in addition to photography. It will run for about four hours on the battery under constant use. My lens kit for most hikes is the DA 12-24, the DA 16-45 and the DA 50-200. Although I have been known to hike up into the Santa Monica mountains with a 6x7, a stout tripod and three lenses: a 300/4, a 105/2.4 and a 55/4. It becomes both a photo op and a workout. Paul On Sep 5, 2006, at 6:34 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
