Or you could get a freighter pack frame and strap the Pelican and the tripod to it.
Ciao, Graywolf ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: Re: P67 myth > Camera weight is quantifiable of course, but how that weight affects one's > use of the camera is purely subjective. Sunday, I hiked a few miles into > LaJolla Canyon, uphill all the way, with a 6x7 and three lenses in a Pelican > case, and a tripod tucked under my other arm. The weight of the equipment > was not a significant burden. Once I had found my first shot, I left the > camera and a 105mm lens on the tripod and carried that assembly over one > shoulder, with the Pelican in my other arm. I climbed some fairly significant > grades to get a good shot of the canyon. I think I will invest in a Trekker > for hiking purposes, which would make it easier yet. That photographer I > mentioned in a private message, Gordon Clark, carries three 67IIs and 4 > lenses in a Trekker. (Three bodies cuts down on loading time.) He has done 20 > miles in African bush country with that rig on his back. I guess it all > depends on how bad you want that big negative. > Paul > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > The 67 is about three times the size and weight of an LX, and, > > surprisingly, only a fair amount larger than the Nikon F5: > > > > Dimensions in millimeters: > > > > LX 145 x 90 x 50 > > 67II 185 x 151 x 106 > > Nikon F5 158 x 149 x 79 > > > > Weight in grams: > > > > LX 565 > > 67II 1660 > > F5 1210 > > > > It's amazing to me that the Nikon is so big and heavy. Seems to defeat > > the purpose of a discreet, 35mm camera. However, it does include a > > motor drive. How much bigger/heavier would the 67 be with a motor drive > > or winder? > > > > Aaron said: > > > > > Heh. I'm serious, though. Put a Pentax 67 next to an F5. Compare > > > physical size. Compare weight. Hell, my old Mamiya C330 twin lens > > > weighed more than my 67 and was significantly more awkward to hand-hold. > > > > And Fred sed: > > > > > >Why an F5? Why not an LX, say, or an MX? > > > > > >Well, have you forgotten JCO's "Pentax Family" photo > > > >(http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/pentaxfamily.jpg), where the > > > >Spotmatic is dwarfed by the 6x7 (and the Spotmatic is not one of the > > > >"smallest and lightest of 35mm cameras"), just as the 110 is dwarfed > > > >by the Spotmatic? > > > > -- > > Shel Belinkoff > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > > You can't have everything. Where would you put it? > > - > > 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 . - 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 .
