Subash, If it was me I'd be thinking like this: I wouldn't dare to leave the tripod at home. The 50mm focal length is duplicated by the long zoom, so the 50mm would be off my packing list. The 35mm is conveniently between the two zooms, and will also serve well in low-light. With particularly spectacular landscapes, it will also be a good choice for making mosaics (or panos, if you like) to up the resolution.
Whether by leaving other stuff at home or by carrying the extra weight, I think suffering for the art is worthwhile within your limits. For positive thinking, be glad you don't own a 600mm... :-) Jostein 2009/7/8 Subash <pdml.l...@gmail.com>: > hi, > > come august 1, i am going for a trek in the himalayas. we (a group of > four) had originally planned on doing a trek to a place called the > valley of flowers. that trail, unfortunately, is also a major > sikh/hindu pilgrimage route, so its quite crowded/noisy. we thought > we'd prefer something more secluded, peaceful and divinity-free for > our first trek in the himalayas, so we have chosen to do a place called > har ki dun (valley gods and that's strictly metaphorical). > > now, i am taking the k10d. since it's a trek, and we'll be carrying > most of our stuff up steep inclines, there's a kind of limit to the > stuff i can carry. lenses. the lenses i do have are: sigma 10-20, > fa35/2, fa50/1.4, da50-200. obviously i can't take them all on a trip > like this, so i would appreciate your inputs here as to which i should > take (i am looking at landscape and people photography). > > i would also appreciate any other inputs you'd want to share. > > TIA, regards, subash > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
