I'm with you on the "all primes" idea ... except for the FA20-35,
which I find much more useful than carrying 20, 24, 28 and 35mm
lenses individually, and not a great deal the less in terms of image
quality. It's smaller and lighter than the FA31/1.8 too.
My next "trip kit" is going to be DA14/2.8, FA20-35/4, FA35/2,
F50/1.7, and FA135/2.8. Maybe add the F35-70 or FA28-105 for
convenience. I fully expect that a majority of my photos will be made
with the 20-35.
Godfrey
On Aug 28, 2005, at 10:00 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Getting ready for my bicycle trip in France next week. I depart Friday
and I'm now deciding what camera gear to bring. I'll obviously be
traveling very light on the bicycle (I'm thinking just ist-D and 43
Limited) but we're having most of out gear transported from one
hotel to
the next for us so I can have more lenses and a lightweight tripod
available for around town shooting after we reach the day's
destination.
I've made one decision already: No zooms. I do love my FA* zooms
and the
Tamron 17-35 and Vivitar 70-210 S1, and I end up using zooms most
of the
time for my "work" shooting. So much so that I want to deliberately
eschew all zooms for this recreational trip, even though I expect
to be
going after some sellable shots while I'm there. Should be fun. I'll
bring the Pentax 20, 24, 31 and 43. I don't think I'll bring a 50 this
time. Oddly enough, the only long prime I have (other than the
300/2.8,
which *will* be staying home!) is a 200/4.0 Cosina. It's a "pre-A"
lens,
so I'd guess it to be late 70's or early 80's vintage. Lovely
construction and really nice optical characteristics (at least when
stopped down - I haven't tried it wide open yet).
Should be fun... as long as I can scrape by on my (very) minimal
French
language skills :-)
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
