Hi Mark: We did a 2,265 mile road trip this summer. I did take a back-up body (K5) just in case the K-3 malfunctioned. As to lenses I had the two pancakes 21 & 40 & DA 50-135mm, a flash. Of course, I had a remote, extra batteries and chargers, memory cards, though I had two 32 gig cards in the K3, so I didn't need too many extra 8 gig cards.
Because we had the car, I had two camera bags: one for the field and a tech bag. I used the original classic Domke bag as my tech bag, which was filled with the stuff I didn't need in the field bag on any given day. I usually had the pancakes on the camera and in the field bag since we did a lot of urban stuff, but the DA* 50-135 was used for more landscapeish destinations. But I left it in the tech bag if I didn't need it. I also left the K5 in the tech bag. I brought my travel tripod, but didn't use it that much-- mostly just shots of Darrel and me, though it remained in the car most of the time. I did take my little Optio WG just in case we splashed around in water, but that didn't happen either. The Optio could have served as a back up, but the high ISO quality isn't very good, which doesn't surprise me since it's really an outdoor adventure camera. I did think about bringing my MX to shoot some film, but decided against it. These days packing a lot of gear is not very appealing. So, that's what I do/did when traveling. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad > On Sep 1, 2014, at 7:56 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
