Of course, post lots of your pics when you get back so we can criticize the hell out of them. ;-)
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Doug Brewer <[email protected]> wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A week from today I'll be taking off for Phoenix... >>> >>> I haven't been doing much shooting, but I imagine I'll be shooting a fair >>> bit on this trip. Following advice given by several here earlier, I'm taking >>> my DS and one lens, an a 28/2.8. There will be a lot of light, of course, >>> and I imagine I'll be wanting to be doing shooting mid-day. >>> >>> Any suggestions? Forget it? Take a filter? If so, what kind? Anything >>> else? I am the rankest amateur on this list. ... >> >> The 28mm is a very good "shoot anything" choice for a Pentax DSLR. It >> is a wide-normal on the format. Be sure you have a good lens hood on >> it. >> >> I'd also bring a 50mm lens, if you have one. The combination of a wide >> normal and a short portrait tele covers so much ground, for people and >> scenics, travel work, that's all you need. Since you consider yourself >> a rank beginner (I doubt it), don't confuse yourself with filters and >> such. >> >> Camera, one or two lenses like this, plenty of spare batteries and >> memory cards. That's all you need. >> >> Whether anyone "deserves" to be here is a matter of opinion. ]'-) > > I'll agree with Godders here. Of course, I =would=, being a guy for whom a > trip with one or two focal lengths is perfectly fine. > > Go, have a good time, try different things to see what works and what > doesn't. Don't worry about committing Art yet, or you'll end up paralyzed. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
