LOL! ... they have you in their grip, Bob. ;-) I only carry a backup body when I'm doing an assignment. Otherwise, I have a spare body at home, packed and ready to ship, in case what I'm using packs it in unexpectedly. Nothing's ever broken on me when I've been traveling.
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> I tell them to take the money they'd spend for a new camera and buy a >> plane ticket to Tibet instead. Sell everything but whatever camera >> they have now and one lens, then spend two months taking 10,000 photos >> with it. When they get home, they'll either know exactly what camera >> they should buy or they'll realize they don't need a new camera at >> all. >> >> Few take me up on my advice. ;-) > > Hmm. > > When I first decided to go to Ethiopia I had an MX and maybe 2 lenses. I > decided I needed a back-up body so I bought a Super-A. Then I decided I > needed some back-up lenses, which meant having to have several primes to > cover the range of my lenses. All this kit needed a secure case which would > go on top of a bus, so I had to have a Pelican case. Of course it would be > ludicrous not to take a tripod too, so I had to buy one of those. > > My original idea had been to go scuba-diving when I was there, but I was > lucky enough to learn before I bought all the underwater equipment that > Ethiopia has no coast. > > The experiences of that first trip convinced me for the second one that I > needed more robust equipment, and the main and back-up cameras should be the > same. So I had to buy 2 LXs. Obviously that meant I needed several focusing > screens and prism heads, just in case, as well as better quality lenses than > I had before - such as the A* 85mm and 135mm. And because I might see some > wildlife I needed a 400mm lens and teleconverter. > > Somewhere in between time I joined the PDML, which did nothing to restrain > me. > > B > > > -- > 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. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
