On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:30 AM, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > This might be the epitome of "Too Much Gear": but at least he is taking a > photo! > http://www.members.iinet.net.au/[email protected]/Toomuch.jpg > > Not mine BTW - it was posted here some time ago, but I can't remember by > whom... > > > John in Brisbane > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Christine Aguila > Sent: Friday, 30 January 2009 2:35 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Lens bag > > 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 > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
He'll keep his chiropractor in business for a long long time! ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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