I don't think this applies to you Ken, but with me - it's age!
On the plus side... An aching back forces you to tote less gear.
Don't laugh guys and girls... Your turn will come.
Old Rick
On 10/17/11, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> And how many times do you return home having used almost none of it? In my
> case usually.
> So I tend to limit. Both kit and purpose. My 45mm f1.8 arrived from B&H
> yesterday. So today I'll put it on the loaner E-PL3 and go looking for
> suitable shots. And take nothing else because I'm reviewing it, so I'm
> actively looking for opportunities to use it.
> Yes, it might be nice to have a longer tele and a wide and a macro and that
> wouldn't really add much but I'm trying for discipline.
> For instance, taking the M9 and 35mm Summicron as I do sometimes
> concentrates the mind.
>
> Events are different - it's in the car.
> Using the 25mm Panny Leica mFT the other day reminded me that I used to
> manage with one body and a 50mm lens.
>
> One thing I noticed - the 45mm exhibits the same behaviour as the Leica 25mm
> - the aperture makes two actions instead of one on the E-P2. And I do have
> the latest firmware in there - 1.2. On the E-PL3 it is wide open and then
> stops down as you'd expect. But on the E-P2 it seems to 'rest' at around f4,
> open up when you touch the trigger and then stop down when you shoot. Rather
> odd.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 18/10/2011, at 3:26 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>
>> Is the issue one of too many choices? Possible. Too many possible
>> combinations? Certainly. I've always carried two camera bodies, but these
>> days it's usually three. Color film, B&W film and digital. When travelling
>> analog, the digital body is the first thing to shed. But what if the scene
>> begs to be photographed in both color and B&W? Whatever lens is used for
>> the
>> composition must be swapped between the two bodies. This, of course, is
>> for
>> personal work, not event/portrait shooting where I'm using only one film.
>
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