Better be careful… it was the prospect in 2013 of a biz trip to Tokyo and a vacation to a distant island, in the same month, that drove me into the arms of Fujifilm - the camera, the 35mm F1.4, and the 15-55 “kit” are deliciously small and light.
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[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. -- - Tim Bray (If you’d like to send me a private message, see https://keybase.io/timbray) -- 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.
