Re: Too much gear

2003-03-29 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Hi, Bill, your message does make a lot of sense: hat I have found is that if I am carrying everything I need to take every picture I may see, I am spending all my time trying to force pictures to happen, and not enough time letting them happen. I agree wholeheartedly. Usually I carry now

Re: Too much gear

2003-03-28 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
At 07:40 28.3.2003 -0500, Bruce wrote: It is typical for how Pentax in the US has portrayed their customers. Remember some of the goof-ball looking owners in the ZX ads? BR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that guy who's modelling it looks like a real pro. You should have looked at the picture before

Re: Too much gear

2003-03-28 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
I did. BR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You should have looked at the picture before saying so ;-)

Re: Too much gear

2003-03-28 Thread Cotty
I think that on the whole, William is right. Too much gear means not enough photography :-) I have rationalised all my needs down to one body, 4 lenses, a right-angled finder, and a tripod. I go out with a LowePro Micro Trekker 200 and it all fits in neatly. The tripod is waved about repelling

Re: Too much gear

2003-03-28 Thread Roland Mabo
Rubenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Too much gear Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:40:32 -0500 It is typical for how Pentax in the US has portrayed their customers. Remember some of the goof-ball looking owners in the ZX ads? BR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: Too much gear

2003-03-28 Thread Joseph Tainter
I went shopping last year for a larger bag, but couldn't find anything better than what I have. So I just keep jamming more stuff into it. Still, a clear limit has been reached and at least one lens may get displaced. Joe

Re: Too much gear

2003-03-28 Thread Mishka
My formula that's a result of empric selection is 1 body (LX or MX), 50/1.7 (80% of shots), and 16/2.8 Zenitar fisheye (when I need *really* wide). Often together with 135/3.5 and 24/2.8, but these are much less used, and lately 24 has seen less and less action. Together with a bogen table top

Too much gear

2003-03-27 Thread Taz
Howdy I know some of you must have the same problem I do. Plain and simple I've got too much gearno I'm not doing the sane thing and selling some. NopeI just want to know how to carry more effectively and efficiently without killing my back, shoulder, etc. So I'm wondering how the rest

Re: Too much gear

2003-03-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Taz Subject: Too much gear Howdy I know some of you must have the same problem I do. Plain and simple I've got too much gearno I'm not doing the sane thing and selling some. NopeI just want to know how to carry more effectively and efficiently

Re: Too much gear

2003-03-27 Thread frank theriault
nailed, turn out to be duds, and OTOH, throwaway shots end up being surprisingly good, so I never worry about the one I missed. regards, frank Taz wrote: Howdy I know some of you must have the same problem I do. Plain and simple I've got too much gearno I'm not doing the sane thing

Re: Too much gear

2003-03-27 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
the weight.. BR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy I know some of you must have the same problem I do. Plain and simple I've got too much gearno I'm not doing the sane thing and selling some. NopeI just want to know how to carry more effectively and efficiently without killing my back

Re: Too much gear

2003-03-27 Thread frank theriault
...which is why I should read my e-mails carefully before I hit send... g -frank the reduntant frank theriault wrote: snip ... just about every situation that I'm likely to come across in pretty much every situation.snip -- Hell is others -Jean Paul Sartre

Re: Too much gear

2003-03-27 Thread Mat Maessen
problem I do. Plain and simple I've got too much gearno I'm not doing the sane thing and selling some. NopeI just want to know how to carry more effectively and efficiently without killing my back, shoulder, etc. So I'm wondering how the rest of you handle this problem. The fear of a body