Hi, I'm not really expecting to carry a camera while I whizz down the slopes - I have absolutely no idea whether I'll be any good at skiing, and trying to carry a camera at the same time will only add to my difficulties. The earlier thread put me off that idea.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 February 2006 21:07 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: RE: Re: Skiing with cameras... > > I don't ski with a camera - though if I wanted to take one, I > might consider my digital point and shoot. An SLR would be > too big of a chunk to fall on - I did that (while biking) > onto the P&S, and it hurt badly enough. > > Maybe you'll be more graceful than I... I tend to hit the > snow hard and fast a couple times in a typical evening ski session. :) > > > --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Looks nice Bob. I didn't get a chance to respond earlier. > > > > I've skiied with both my PZ-1p and the *ist D. I find the > zooms and > > the 31mm LTD are just too bulky under my coat. Last week I > used the > > *ist D and the 43mm LTD. I'm contemplating the DA 40 pancake as it > > would be the least bulky lens. > > > > Alternatively its pretty easy to put an Optio (or Olympus > Stylus) in > > the coat pocket, though I prefer an SLR. > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > >To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > > >Subject: RE: Re: Skiing with cameras... > > >Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:38:22 -0000 > > > > > >Thanks to everybody who helped out with the skiing > > questions a few weeks > > >ago. I leave tomorrow for about 9 days in Val > > d'Allos and will unsubscribe > > >later this evening until I get back. > > > > > >I've never skiied before, but I watched the men's > > downhill a few days ago, > > >and it all looks pretty straightforward really - > > stand on slope, bend > > >knees, > > >let gravity take its course...<g> > > > > > >I couldn't make up my mind, so I am over-equipped, > > photographically. I have > > >decided to take 1 SLR with a 20mm, 28-80 and 80-200 > > lenses, and 2 > > >rangefinders with 35, 50 and 90mm lenses. I will > > shoot colour with the SLR > > >and b&w with the other. I will at least have the > > choice of what to use when > > >I get there - if I use anything at all. I'll let > > you know when I get back. > > > > > >http://www.valdallos.com/ > > > > > >This is what it looks like in summer: > > >http://www.web-options.com/vda.jpg > > > > > >-- > > >Cheers, > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: 03 January 2006 14:12 > > > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > > > Subject: Re: Re: Skiing with cameras... > > > > > > > > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Some people put the camera in tight plastic > > bags, but I > > > > dont like the > > > > > idea of having som humidity close into the bag > > along with > > > > the camera. > > > > > > > > Plastic bags are OK if you seal them outdoors, > > and let the > > > > camera warm up inside. > > > > > > > > Jostein > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet > > Messaging Program. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around http://mail.yahoo.com > > >
