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.
I'm jumping in late but I thought I'd add my two frames worth.
My circumstances are a little different because I travel by motorcycle
instead of bicycle but there are some similarities. My biggest concern
is volume rather than weight but they're pretty much the same thing. My
strategy is to take two cheap zoom lenses. I take a wide angle to normal
zoom for scenics and a normal to telephoto zoom for wildlife.
I have taken a K-1000 because they're almost bulletproof and later my
ZX-5N because it had the spot meter and autofocus capability.
The lenses and body go into zip lock plastic bags and they get placed
into a small well padded camera bag that also goes into a plastic bag.
I do make room for a polarizing filter.
Tom Reese
