Thanks, Christine!
I wound up going a little heavier than I planned, but generally kept it
light. I went with the Field Bag / Tech Bag approach that you mentioned.
The field bag held the K-3 with DA 17-70, IR K10D with 40mm XR attached,
plus the Takumar-F 70-200 and DFA 100mm macro.
For the field bag I rummaged through my collection of junk bags and
found an old 1990's video cam bag - roughly 16 inches long, 8 inches
high and 6 wide. I dropped in the the backups - K5 and DA 16-50 f4 - and
then added the Mz-S, FA 28-105 and FA 20-35 plus a good bit of film. ANd
then I tossed in the Q kit in its own little back.
I did not need the K5 and did not use the Q kit or the film kit. I also
did not use the DFA macro. The surprise lens that I used a lot was the
40mm XR. I kept switching back and forth between the IR and regular
setup and often had both on my neck, like some 1960's photojournalist
with multiple camera bodies... One day put both bodies and both zooms
(17-70 and 16-50) in the field bag for the day, but it was too much
carrying both on my neck. The 40mm was just always a little too long for
what I wanted for either body - it had the FOV of a 40mm on a 35mm
system it would have been perfect, though.
I used the 70-200 for a few shots and was glad to have it.
In hindsight I would have left behind the Q and film kit and possibly
the 100mm macro. This afternoon I've been playing around a 28mm f2.8
prime - an old XR Rikenon non-A lens - and I'm thinking that a good
compact 28 mm is in my future. Maybe an F/FA 28mm f2.8. A small normal
prime (24-28mm in the case of the APS -C body) and normal zoom between
the two cameras would have covered almost everything. But the tech bag
just took up one small corner in the back of the car so taking it was no
big deal.
The biggest problem I ran into concerned batteries for the K10D - mine
are getting old and while I brought 3, two failed under use. One worked
fine, one will hold a charge for one or two shots and then die, and one
can take one shot at a time but will die whenever a burst of shots is
fired - either in auto drive or bracketing. I need to order another
battery or two for that camera...
Thanks for asking!
Mark
On 9/14/2014 4:57 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
That's beautiful, Mark--truly it is, but what I really want to know is what
gear you took. How light did you end up going? :-).
Anyway, in all seriousness, the photo is lovely--composition, light, texture
all great.
Cheers, Christine
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 14, 2014, at 2:31 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote:
Back from my trip to Maryland. Here's a snapshot of a 19th century chapel that rests
adjacent to the Appalachian Trail is western MD. My wife and I hicked the trail a bit
yesterday... "a bit" = ~100 :-)
http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/dahlgren-chapel
IR Converted Pentax K10D with DA 17-70 f4.
- Mark
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