On 19 Jul 2005 at 6:14, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Oh, c'mon Rob ... speaking as a lone voice crying in the wilderness of the > digital landscape (my apologies to Edward Abbey), I'd not consider taking a > DSLR > (certainly not as the only choice) into some of the places and on some of the > journeys I've been. But then the question was about harsh conditions, not > remote and harsh conditions.
Remote and harsh, I guess I'd have some reservations but film isn't that harsh friendly either. A push bike trip I think the *ist D would suffice, the finder on a M camera would probably be jarred out of adjustment :-) > All the paraphernalia that people seem to carry with them when shooting > digital (cards, batteries, downloading devices, sensor cleaning stuff, even > computers) would really be a hindrance when travelling "close to the ground." Sure but so would 180 rolls of film (equivalent capacity of RAW files on my autonomous external storage device). I suspect a pocket full of large memory cards would be as robust if not more so than films too. Anyone who shot film and didn't process on location doesn't need a PC when shooting digital and sensor cleaning isn't the delicate clean room drama it's often made out to be either. > In my mind a simple, strong mechanical camera that can be operated without > batteries if necessary and a few lenses that lack "features" is the way to > go. It may be know but I suspect it won't be either the easy or the preferred option in too short a space of time. > BTW, I read a lens review some time ago in which five or six lenses were > compared, and one was given poor marks for not having a full range of > features. For the longest time I couldn't figure out what features a lens > needs, or could have, beyond the ability to focus. Don't know what that's about, as long as my lenses have an aperture ring I'm generally happy, though I'd be happier if it actually worked on the new cameras! Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
