On Sep 8, 2007, at 1:27 AM, Charles Wilson wrote: > Next year I will be travelling around Europe and England for 6 > Weeks. I was > wondering if any one has any suggestions regarding travel kits to > take for > my ist D. I would like it to be light. > > I have thought about the following combinations but any other > suggestions > would be appreciated. > > 1. Pentax A 24 1:2.8 , FA 43 1:1.9 /F 50 1:1.4, DA 70 > > 2. Pentax DA 16-45 1:4 F50 1:1.4 > > 3. Pentax DA 16-45 1:4 Sigma 55-200 1.4-5.6 > > or I could lash out > > 4. Pentax DA 16-45 1:4 and DA 50-135
My kit for the last 3 week trip made a very large number of keepers for me (today's updates in parens): -- cam + lens -- *ist DS (K10D) DA21/3.2 Limited FA35/2 AL (FA43/1.9 Limited) FA77/1.8 Limited (DA70/2.4 Limited) -- acc -- 4 sets AA Lithium disposables (three NP400 + travel charger) 8 Gbytes storage cards (12 Gbytes storage cards) tripod and adapter remote release Polarizer and deep ND filter bubble level It's similar to your #1 kit. The three lens kit of DA70, FA43 and DA21 are very light and compact, and exceptionally high quality. I would also add the DA14 if I felt like carrying the additional pound: it's the only lens I missed. On that long a trip, I want at least a storage tank (Epson P2000 for me) or a compact laptop (Apple PowerBook G4) although carrying the laptop and its charger, backup pocket hard drive is at least as much weight and more space than the rest of the kit combined (except for the tripod). All of the camera equipment in my kit plus the laptop fits neatly into a Think Tank Urban Disguise 50 bag, the tripod straps on top in its bag, and that whole kit will fit in a typical overhead compartment for carryon. There's a ton of additional space in the UD50 bag for travel incidentals as well. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
