Hi David! Your trip sounds like fun! Let us know when you post a few of your pictures. Just for fun, what made you decide to use a 45mm lens on the 6x7?
Jody ----- Original Message ----- From: "David A. Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 11:15 PM Subject: I'm back > Hi all, > > I'm back from my holiday. Spent two days cycling from Hanmer to Blenheim > through Molesworth Station (a private unsealed road) which was a real slog. I > carried the following kit on the back of the bike: > Pentax 67 with 45mm lens > Pentax digital spot meter > Pentax K2 with 43mm Limited and FA100/2.8 Macro lenses > Accessories: hood for 45mm lens, pen, pocket knife, film etc. > All stashed into a Lowepro Nova 3 (took a while to figure out how to make it fit). > > It took me a while to decide between the 43mm and the SMCP35/3.5 but I > decided I wanted the extra speed, which ended up coming in handy during the > sunset at the campground. > > I had plenty of photo opportunities but we were pretty pressed for time while > cycling so I didn't get much of a chance to take pictures. A roll of 120 and a > few frames of 35mm :( It would have been nice to take at least 4 days to do > that trip but you're not allowed to camp on the station itself (about the first > 60km of a total 180km). > > Spent the next few days recovering (my first long-distance ride; boy was I > sore) then carried the same kit over to Wellington where we spent two nights, > and saw the Lord of the Rings movie on new year's day in the Embassy > theatre (which is far better than the stupid multiplexes down here). They'd just > installed a new screen and the print was top-class (oh, and the movie itself was > pretty damn good:). It struck me as strange while reading the credits that the > film was shot on Kodak but distributed on Fuji. > > Hope new years went relatively smoothly for you all... > > Cheers, > > > - Dave > > David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) > > "Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, > while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
