No backup car!?! Man, you are living on the edge! But given that you are driving, I would take everything you have mentioned, maybe another favorite lens or two. With a couple of significant provisos: A. Double check your insurance policy. B. Leave behind a good inventory and list of serial numbers. C. Keep your gear sorted/packed in distinct modules. Fun vs. serious, film vs digital, natural light vs IR, et. When you leave the car for serious bird shooting, leave everything else behind. When you wander the shore, carry the Q and/or IR and leave the rest in the car. You WILL miss some opportunities but you are supposedly on vacation. Relax and take what comes along.
stan Sent from my iPad > On Sep 1, 2014, at 10:13 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > I haven’t taken a vacation in more than 15 years, but if I did I think I’d > probably want to minimize the equipment and the photography. I would take the > K-3, the AF 560 flash, the DA* 16-50 and the DA* 60-250. I might also take > the DA 12-24. If the camera broke, I’d make do with my iPhone. If I were to > drive to the destination, I might take a bit more gear. > > Paul >> On Sep 1, 2014, at 8:56 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Next week my wife and are taking a vacation to the Washington DC area. I >> plan on checking out the exhibit where I have a couple of photos in >> Annapolis - and that will be one afternoon or morning of our trip. Otherwise >> I am anticipating a blend of urban / rural experience in Washington DC, >> Baltimore and Maryland's eastern shore. We have one wildlife refuge on the >> eastern shore that I really want to visit (if I can figure out where it is). >> >> OK - so I am trying to travel light. The biggest impediment to that is >> bringing backup bodies and lenses. When you travel - do you carry backup >> gear or just trust to fate that everything will work? >> >> I am thinking of bringing (at a minimum) the K3, IR converted K10D, DA >> 17-70, Takumar F 70-200, DFA 100 macro and Sigma 135-400 zoom. All that, >> except for the Sigma, fits in a nice little kit. I plan to also bring my Q >> kit (original Q, fisheye lens, normal zoom, telephoto zoom, normal prime, >> extension tubes) which all fits in a tiny little bag. >> >> I will probably want to also bring a film body and normal zoom, and am >> thinking of the Mz-S, sans battery grip, with FA 28-105 zoom. Or I might >> satify the analog urge by bringing a Super Ricoflex TLR and a few rolls of >> 120 film. >> >> And then I'd like a fast lens so maybed the A 50mm f1.4 or FA 50 f1.7. I'll >> probably bring the 40mm XR pancake in lieu of a body cap since it is about >> the same size. >> >> And then backups and add-ons - ideally I'd like to bring they K5 (in case >> the K3 breaks), the DA 16-50 (in case the DA 17-70 breaks), Sigma 70-200 >> f2.8 as both a backup for the Takumar F and for a faster telephoto zoom, and >> maybe an external flash because it might come in handy... >> >> I am thinking of NOT taking the "backups and add-ons" though I will kick >> myself if something breaks or malfunctions on the road. The fast 50 seems >> questionable and I might decide to skip the film gear... >> >> This is not a trip of a lifetime but I'll be frustrated if something fails >> along the way. I guess the Q kit is a backup for the overall kit but as much >> as I like the Q kit it does have limits (slow AF, no eye level finder, poor >> high ISO performance, limits on shallow DOF...) >> >> What do you do when you travel? >> >> FWIW I *am* only taking one automobile but I also know I can always rent one >> if the car have malfunctions (I actually had to do that once in the past.) >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
