I've read the posts regarding this with interest, as I'm going to Ireland for a
week in August and have to plan my kit. I'm REALLY going to go small this
time, as I've found that lugging any sizable kit around for a week kills me. I
don't understand how you guys can carry those kits with 3-4 bodies and 4-6
lenses around. As someone pointed out, I'm taking a kit to take travel
pictures, not traveling to take pictures, so my selection will be much more
restrained and within the limits of what's family-friendly.
Currently, I'm planning on:
2 bodies, one to stay in my bag
21mm
35mm and/or 50mm
90mm
Polarizer for the 35/50
Film, Portra 160 and 800, maybe some chrome
Flash
P&S for my wife
And that's it. No long lens, no Macro, no zoom. It will all live in a Hadley
Pro bag or in a belt system.
Reservations:
- Longer lens (200?)
- Macro
Oh, and shhhhh........I'm going to take a Leica kit, no SLR's this time. Am I
crazy?
If I was to switch to an OM-4t (which I may still do), I'd take the 21/3.5, 35
shift, 35-70/3.5-4.5, and the 135/2.8.
Skip
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>Subject: [OM] Travel kit
> From: Peter Dixon <pdixon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:31:42 +0100
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Dear Jim
>
>Very jealous - I havn't been to the middle east for 8 months and am v
>keen to get back.
>
>Here's what I take on a 2 week trip to eygpt:
>
>2 4ti, 1 3
>21/3.5
>35-80/2.8
>100/2.8 (silver nose, of course) for portraits
>80-200/2.8 (tamron)
>50/1.2 for the low light stuff
>1.4 for a bit of extra reach
>
>F280
>
>If I'm in the desert I have the 300/2.8 tamron for wild camels, hyrax
>and ibex
>
>25 rolls provia 100F
>15 rolls provia 400F (can be pushed - with very, very good results -
>all the way to 3200)
>
>If I'm doing and black and white, ilford FP4+
>Sometimes take velvia, can't wait try the new 100asa version in a
>couple of weeks
>
>Lots of canned air, several soft lens brushes, skylights on every lens,
>warm ups (81b) and circ polars - but they get very little use
>
>Instant camera (used to be polaroid sx-70, now a fuji instax mini) for
>handing out photos in liew of bribes
>
>Box of biros to hand out to kids when they ask for sweets or money
>
>
>But hey, thats just what I take
>
>Pete
>
>
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