??? will, I suggest you punch him out and quit reading them. I find it great fun, and I am on the opposite side of it. You do know you can skip messages you are not interested in? When everybody starts skipping them the thread dies.
Ciao, Graywolf ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 12:00 PM Subject: Re: P67 myth > Of course ... since there was discussion about size, I thought some > figures would be useful. > > There are people who hike with bigger and heavier view cameras, and I > had a friend, many years ago, who would take his 8 x 10 camera out on > the streets of San Francisco. > > Again, as always, it comes down to using the right equipment for the > job, and using the equipment that matches your personality and style of > shooting. > > However, all the "Brotherhood" and enablement nonsense, no matter how > good natured, is becoming tiresome, and, to some people, a bit annoying. > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > > Camera weight is quantifiable of course, but how that weight affects one's > > use of the camera is purely subjective. Sunday, I hiked a few miles into > > LaJolla Canyon, uphill all the way, with a 6x7 and three lenses in a Pelican > > case, and a tripod tucked under my other arm. The weight of the equipment > > was not a significant burden. Once I had found my first shot, I left the > > camera and a 105mm lens on the tripod and carried that assembly over one > > shoulder, with the Pelican in my other arm. I climbed some fairly significant > > grades to get a good shot of the canyon. I think I will invest in a Trekker > > for hiking purposes, which would make it easier yet. That photographer I > > mentioned in a private message, Gordon Clark, carries three 67IIs and 4 > > lenses in a Trekker. (Three bodies cuts down on loading time.) He has done 20 > > miles in African bush country with that rig on his back. I guess it all > > depends on how bad you want that big negative. > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > You can't have everything. Where would you put it? > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
