Hi, I usually carry 35/2 and something in the 80mm range. Although i often feel need for something wider than 35 and i usually opt for a 24mm.
Even though i carry a lense in the 80mm range i rarely use it and the 35mm seems to cover most of my shots. If you have fast lenses then ditch the flash, unles you have a very small one just on the off chance you need it, you probaly dont need a winder also. Just adds weight. It all depends on your shooting style. The only lense i would definately not go with out is a fast 35mm. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Walkden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Peter Smekal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:28 AM Subject: Re: Lenses in the field > Hi, > > as it 'appens, guys & gals, I have a book called "Visual Anthropology" > by John Collier, who worked for the FSA in the 1940s and has taught and > published widely on this very subject. The book was first published in > 1967 but mine is a 1992 edition, so it's not particularly out of date. > > He likes 28mm, 50mm and 85-100mm and seems to prefer speed over zooms. > Zooms in the 28-100mm range are his recommendation. > > This matches my own experience. Although I'm not an anthropologist by > any means I am interested in that general field and when I go abroad > I'm interested in photographing people and their culture, so I try to > take a sort-of very amateurish anthropological approach to what I'm > doing. I could easily get by with a 35/1.4 and an 85/1.4 or similar. > > I would take a small flash and a winder, but use the flash only when > absolutely, absolutely necessary. Collier recommends bounced flash for > its modelling effects. He also suggests using the open flash technique > if you're not sure that the flash or camera is reliable - presumably a > consideration after some time in the field. This technique means open > the shutter on 'B', fire the flash, close the shutter. I've used this > technique successfully myself, but with the LX and I let it decide when > to close the shutter. > > If you're not afraid of looking at other people's photos before you > go, I can recommend "A Greek Portfolio" by Costa Manos. > http://www.magnumphotos.com/Manos.html > > --- > > Bob > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tuesday, August 13, 2002, 4:20:42 PM, you wrote: > > > Let's suppose you were preparing for an anthropological field trip to > > Greece. Besides observations and interviews you'd also like to do some > > photo-documentation (people, houses, interiors, decorations, landscapes) > > but travel really light at the same time. You're taking an LX and a tripod. > > The question is what lenses would you take. 1) a "classic" set of old > > primes (24/2.8; 50/ 1.4 M; 85/2.0 M and maybe 135/3.5 M) or 2) the one zoom > > you own (35-105/3.5 A) or 3) some other combination from the previous? > > Flash or winder? > - > 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 . - 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 .
