William, On my recent Hawaii trip, I took two kits. The 35mm kit had MZ-S, Tokina 20-35/2.8, Tokina 28-70/2.8, Tokina 80-200/2.8, FA 100 Macro and FA 43 Limited.
The 67 Kit had 67II, 55/4, 90/2.8, 165/2.8 and Extension Tubeset. Granted, the 35mm kit had much better focal length coverage, but it was quite a bit heavier than the 67 kit. I personally don't find the 67 as heavy and unwieldy as many believe it to be. Bruce Saturday, March 16, 2002, 10:36:00 PM, you wrote: WR> ----- Original Message ----- WR> From: David A. Mann WR> Subject: Re: Camera backpacks >> A body and three lenses is easy. Even I've done that, with WR> an RB67 >> kit of all things. My comment was directed at the body plus WR> _seven_ >> lenses... that weight's going to add up quickly. What I was WR> really >> trying to say is that Mr Robb must be a lot fitter than I am. WR> But >> that's not exactly difficult :) WR> Another case of 6x7 misconceptions..... WR> I just went to the specs. The 6x7 body, meter prism hand grip WR> and the following lenses: 45mm f/4, 75mm f/4.6, 105mm f/2.4, WR> 135mm f/4, 165mm f/4 and 200mm f/4 add up to about 6.25kg, or WR> about 15 pounds. Add perhaps 6 pound for the carrying case and WR> another few pounds in filters and film, and the total weight is WR> surprisingly enough, less than 25 pounds. WR> Mind you, I also carry almost that much tripod as well.... WR> Note, I will be leaving the 90mm f2.8LS lens at home. However, WR> it would only add another 610 grams. WR> This is well within what I can carry for fairly long distances. WR> William Robb WR> - WR> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, WR> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to WR> 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 .
