I don't think anybody, going off for a day's solo shooting, takes along anywhere near the amount of gear that is brought to a PDML meet (or to GFM, or to any other show-and-share event). If I'm going to a PDML meet I'll always take the monster 250-600, for example, and yet I don't usually have that over my shoulder. Even on a weekend race meeting where I expect to use it I'll only carry it for one day out of the three.
In fact my usual walk-around kit is one body (because I've only got one digital body ...), the *ist-D, with a 28-105 lens mounted, and from one to three other lenses (a 50mm, something wider than 28mm, and something longer than 105mm). On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 03:34:29PM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Oh, you'll get no disagreement from me on that point. OTOH, based on the > equipment list posted by some GFM attendees, and the gear I've seen various > PDMLers take for a few hours of local shooting on one of our NorCal > meetings, there is definitely a point of overkill. > Capa shot an entire war with less gear than some people bring on a days > outing. Erwitt's travelling equipment case of 35mm gear - the one he took > when on assignment - contained less gear than some people take for a > weekend stroll in the woods. I think you have the same photo I do of that > case. > > But, the real point is that, for me and some others - yourself included - > carryig lap tops, CD burners, poratble hydroelectric generators, satellite > uplinks, and so on and on are not only wasteful of space but often useless > in many situations. > > And, considering the prevelance of zoom lenses these days, you can often > get by with only two or three lenses. > > What some of the people here are missing is the point that many photogs > when travelling, are travelling to places where it's difficult to recharge > batteries, where lap tops are useless without portable generators, and > where it may be difficult to find an internet cafe that allow you to burn > CD's. > > Shel > "The smallest feline is a masterpiece" - Leonardo da Vinci > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Bob W > > > 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. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
