Hi Larry: I only own 4 lenses, so I don't find myself frustrated with lens
decisions that often, but the camera bag issue used to drive me nuts until I
made peace with the fact that I was going to have to purchase more than 1
bag for different shooting situations. I think Godfrey & Bob W. & all the
other good PDML folks who have suggested less is more have given you great
advice. I once carried all the gear I own in a backpack (with tripod) on a
walkabout & I was so miserable & sore. Never again. Godfrey, posted some
lovely reflections about a Canon shooter he met somewhere. It wasn't too
long ago; you should be able to find it in the archives, but the gist was
that Godfrey met a Canon shooter, asked what kind of stuff he'd been
shooting that day, and the Canon photog said he hadn't shot much, he was
sore from carrying 20 lbs of gear, and he was headed home. Godfrey, did I
get that right? :-). Clearly, what's the point of lugging a bunch of gear
if it keeps you from the pleasure of making photographs, which is the point
of the exercise!
Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:05 PM
Subject: Lens bag
I've got a Fastpack 350 which I use as my every day backpack. That way
I always have my camera with me, can carry laptop, wallet etc.
Heretofore I've pretty much had four sets of lenses:
My first line lenses: stay in the bag.
My bigma: usually mounted on a bushhawk, it's either at home or in the
trunk of the car
My m42 lenses, extension tube and bellows: sitting in a drawer at home
My second line lenses: They're mostly just swap fodder.
http://red4est.com/lrc/photogear
I also have my AF 540, small tripod, big tripod, IR converted FZ20,
two promaster flashes with IR filters for the FZ20 and a few other
bits of gear.
I just ordered the DA40 from prodigital, with that my "first line" kit
will consist of:
18-250
FA 31
FA 50
macro 50/2.8
FA 77
M 135/2.5
DA 40
If I'm going to continue buying lenses, or want to have access to some
of my "second kit" I really need to get a bag for carrying lenses.
How do other folks solve this issue? I don't want to call having this
many lenses a problem, or even "too many" lenses. But it is more than
I want to always carry around.
--
It's not the steps in the dance, it's the dance in the steps.
Larry Colen [email protected]
http://www.red4est.com/lrc
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