One of the important things is to try and eliminate show-stoppers and, as far as reasonable, single points of failure. It's therefore wise to have at least 2 bodies and a set of lenses with some overlap in their range of focal lengths.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > Sent: 05 September 2006 17:49 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: the way it was ... the way it is (was: amusing > product review) > > There have always been people who carry lots of gear, for > whatever purpose > - to show off, to "cover every contingency," for backups, and > so on. I > suppose you're right that in every generation there will be the > gear-carrying photogs. I was thinking about some pics and > gear inventories > I saw from some photogs covering the war in Iraq and > comparing those to > some of the photos of earlier war photogs, and also the gear that some > people carried to the first NorCal get together in Muir > woods. Times have > changed somewhat for some people in some situations, though. > > I spent a week in Chicago a few years ago and took three > bodies and four or > five lenses, and felt quite burdened. > > AS for film, I wasn't so much as talking about now as then, but some > emulsions are still readily available world-wide (or mostly > so - when I was > in Peru, Panama, Chile, when film was plentiful, it was hard > to find some > emulsions although there were many more choices available at > the time in > Mexico, Canada, and Europe). > > 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. > > Shel > "The smallest feline is a masterpiece" - Leonardo da Vinci -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
