On Oct 9, 2010, at 4:06 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: > Good advice from Larry. I'd certainly like something longer than a 28mm when > heading for the Grand Canyon/ Four Corners area.
I really want to travel light. And I'm strongly inclined to take the advice given earlier and stick with one lens. [I think Cotty said to do it for six or nine months, regardless of the situation] Being the amateur that I am, I'm most concerned with working on exposure and sharpness, not with getting all the opportunities.] That said, I did ask your advice, and I am open to suggestions. So, I have an m 100/4 macro, an Albinar 135/2.8, and an a 70-210/4. And the guy who sold me the p3n threw in a Vivitar 70-150/3.5. > Don't know if you've been that way before, but, unless you're in a real > hurry, I highly recommend zipping over to Sedona and taking AZ 89a up Oak > Creek Canyon from Sedona to Flagstaff. You'll have some real photo > opportunities along the way. Probably so many that your sisters will get > tired of all the stopping along the way. I've been to Northern New Mexico, but this will be the first time for Arizona. What you suggest is exactly what my Phoenix residing sister has in mind. She's not a photographer, but she gets up to these places often. A few years ago I had an opportunity to go to Russia. I took along my trusty K1000. Another guy brought a Canon automatic. His shutter was constantly going "kaching, kaching, kaching...." My shots were relatively infrequent. The group got together a month or so after we got back home. The other guy and I brought our slides. He went first. When my turn came, after I'd shown a few slides, one of the Russian guys in the group said, "Ah, *he's* a photographer." I'll take what I can get with what I've got in the situations that permit it. Photo opportunities aside, the emphasis is going to be on family -- on getting acquainted, going over history not previously shared, having fun, being nice. But if I do get some good shots I imagine my sisters will want to have copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] -- 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.
