I generally carry everything I need or intend to use, it never really bothers me. I think my main fear is having the kit stolen from say the car, some of those FA primes I have would be hard to find today. The camera bag very rarely leaves me for any length of time unless in a secure location (not the car boot). The only lens that rarely makes it out of the house is the FA* 85/1.4 but I rarely find use for it and it's a relatively big chunk of glass for what it is.
All my currently used lenses except the DA 16-50 have soft cases and remain in the cases even when in the camera bag to prevent damage. I find the Pentax cases easy to access from the top with little loss of time when shooting. The Tamron 90mm has it's draw string pouch, as does the 70mm Limited and the Tc's I use. The Sigma 24mm is in a Pentax S70-70 case, it fits just fine, lens hoods for the 24, 28 and 50 live in the bags front pocket. I take care of the equipment but regard everything as tools and they get used as such. Regards. John ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miserere [[email protected]] Sent: 24 July 2009 21:58 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Are you afraid to use your FA Limited lenses? Hi Everyone, While writing down my list of prime lenses in response to J.C.'s prime kit post, I wondered why it is that I rarely use my Ltd lenses outside the house. I own the 31 and 77 Ltd, but when leaving home I often take with me a VIvitar 28mm f/2 and Jupiter-9 85mm f/2 instead of the Limiteds. I think I'm afraid of losing/breaking/dismantling/dropping-in-river the Limiteds, even though I'm always very careful with my gear. Anybody else suffer from this affliction? Is there any known cure? Thanks! --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- 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. -- 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.
