I'm on a long, rambling trip right now. All of my luggage and gear is stored in a carryon sized rollaway bag and a Think Tank Photo Urban Disguise 35 v2 bag. I have FAR more camera equipment along than I really need .. matter of fact, I've done effectively *all* my shooting on this trip so far with just the Ricoh GXR and its A12 28mm (EFL) camera module. If I also had the A12 50mm (EFL) camera module, it would be all I needed for the photographic goals you mention, and I'd be carrying 1/8 the mass of photo gear.
My camera kit (which I've made a total of three exposures with) is the GXR+lens, a pro SLR body, wide zoom, fast normal and portrait, long tele. Two batteries, a wallet of 4 to 16 G memory cards for both cameras. A charger for the batteries, a card reader and charger for the computer, the laptop, the iPad (and its charger). A portable hard drive. Lens blower and microfiber cloth. Clothing and such = 6 changes underwear, 4 changes socks, 4 shirts, 2 trousers, sturdy shoes, house slippers. Warm vest, rain shell jacket. The usual toiletries. A small day bag for carrying notebooks, pens, iPad, and a paperback book. Sunglasses and regular glasses. As I say, give me the 28 and 50 lenses for the GXR and I could leave the rest of the camera equipment home for most travel work. A short portrait tele would be nice ... On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > This is, for now, only a thought experiment, but it might provide a basis > for something I will try to do in the future if I can work out the > financing. > > Parameters are that you would be on the road for a minimum of thirty days > for a photo safari. The goal of the trip is to produce photography suitable > to illustrate a travel article you could sell to a newspaper or magazine > along with the photography. It is important to be able to represent both the > people and the scenery of the locale being visited. > > Transportation is problematic. Ground transportation may not be always > available, and you may not have any place to secure your baggage, so you may > have to carry all of it with you all of the time. Think in terms of you > might have to carry your home on your back like a turtle. > > *ALL* of everything you are carrying - photo equipment, clothing and any > other essentials must fit into one U.S. Government Issue duffel bag ... > > http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Gium7tfpL._SL500_AA300_.jpg > > ... plus one *SMALL* carry on (22" x 14" x 9") bag. > > A suitable size ruck-sack could substitute for the duffel bag. I only > suggest the issue duffel as an example of the size of bag I'm interested in > - I already have several of them, they're easy to secure with a padlock & I > have a steel security mesh that will fit over it. > > http://www.rei.com/product/709210/pacsafe-140-security-web-x-large > > You will have erratic (at best) access to the internet during your travels. > > I would appreciate some thoughts on what constitutes the *essential* kit. > What will you need to carry to get the job done? > > I am more interested in general categories than I am in specific items; i.e. > "good wide angle zoom" as opposed to "SMC Pentax DA 12-24mm F4.0 ED AL > (IF)", "Laptop" rather than "Apple MacBook Pro", etc. > > I have my own ideas already, but I would appreciate additional input that > might identify things I've missed in my preliminary planning. > > This is partially based on my most recent trip. I had too much baggage and > it was, at times, unwieldy. And I found I did not have all the equipment I > needed while I was carrying other equipment I did not need at all. > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1375 / Virus Database: 1500/3641 - Release Date: 05/16/11 > > > -- > 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. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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.
