On Sep 5, 2006, at 9:48 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > There have always been people who carry lots of gear, for whatever > purpose
uh huh. > I spent a week in Chicago a few years ago and took three bodies and > four or > five lenses, and felt quite burdened. I think the most I ever carried was two bodies and eight lenses. I only did that once and the experience was so annoying I never did it again. > I think you and I try to carry a minimum of gear, regardless of > what might > constitute "minimum." Location and length of trip will often dictate > what's appropriate. Some of my favorite photo missions have happened when all I had was a camera with a fixed, fast-ish wide-normal lens. It's amazing what you can see if you're not distracted by too many equipment choices ... we can so easily get lost in our equipment. My daily photo sessions rarely involve more than two lenses and one body. For my annual two-three week photo mission to the UK, I carry a bit more gear but still try to keep it to a manageable, usable package of four-five light, small lenses and tripod, one body. (I pack the other body here at home so I can have it couriered to me in a hurry if I have a failure with the first.) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
