On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:18:30 +0100 "Bob W" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In late June I'm going hiking and biking in the Cevennes for 2 weeks, > which is part of the Massif Central in southern France, and promises > to be quite hot at that time of year. Only day hikes - I will be > staying in a gite which I made the mistake of booking before working > out how to get there... awesome dude :) hope you have a great trip. will look forward to the photos... > So I am considering getting something else and I would welcome > comments from anyone with practical experience of these, or > suggestions for something else that fits the bill. last august, when i went trekking in the himalayas, i had a lowepro slingshot 200 which i thought was very convenient. since i had a heavy backpack, i could swing the lowpro to the front. that was the first time i was doing serious trekking, had taken the k10d and about four lenses. but it was much too heavy and in future i would definitely look at making the gear much lighter and the bag much smaller (for my cycle ride in the himalays this july i am just taking the tamron 18-250). perhaps you can look at the slingshot 100? regards, subash -- 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.
