On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:18:00 +0100, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't worry, Godfrey, you don't need clothes in Britain - none of us > wear them any more. > > Except for the Isle of Man, which is governed by the Taliban and where > you'll be thrashed with birches if you so much as think about > nakedness.
That's why we Manx folk so love the island. John > -- > Cheers, > Bob > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi >> Sent: 26 September 2006 19:30 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: leaving soon for Greece >> >> Have fun in Greece! >> >> With the air travel restrictions in the UK, I had a helluva time >> packing. I can't do more than two bags as I'm mobile for various >> parts of my trip so a backpack and a rollaway are the limit. No room > >> for the tripod and my clothes in the rollaway ... nor would I >> want to >> risk the tripod or head being stolen! I will NOT check my >> camera gear >> or computer, cannot carry-on more than ONE bag the size of my >> backpack (no tripod bag or tripod strapped to the outside ... that's > >> how I've always traveled before with it). I cut back my kit >> to the DS >> body, DA21, FA35, and FA77. Didn't even take the DA14. Wide, normal, > >> portrait tele ... the classic set ... let's see how it goes. >> >> I almost canned all the SLR gear and took the Sony R1 and the >> tripod, >> but that's not as good for people and low light work. It was a >> serious struggle but the Pentax responsiveness and low light >> capabilities won in the end. >> >> Godfrey >> >> On Sep 26, 2006, at 7:12 AM, Amita Guha wrote: >> >> > Nate and I are leaving on Sunday for two weeks in Greece! >> We'll be on >> > Naxos for 5 days, Santorini for 3 days, and in Athens for 3 >> days. This >> > is our first trip to Greece. >> > >> > Here is the kit I'm taking: >> > >> > *istD >> > Sigma 10-20mm >> > Sigma 18-50mm >> > FA 50mm f/1.4 >> > DA 50-200mm >> > >> > tripod & ballhead >> > blue/yellow filter >> > couple of ND and graduated ND filters >> > polarizers >> > >> > Optio WP for backup & watery situations >> > >> > I've been doing my homework and we know what we want to see, but > is >> > there anything in particular or off the beaten path that we >> shouldn't >> > miss? Obviously we're going to visit the Acropolis. We're going to >> > rent a car and drive around Naxos for a couple of days, and I'm >> > bringing the tripod mainly to shoot sunrises & sunsets. >> > >> >> From what I've seen, it looks like it's very hard to take a *bad* >> > photo in the Cyclades, so I'm really looking forward to >> this trip. :) >> > >> > Amita >> > >> > -- >> > 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 >> >> >> > > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
