Thanks to all for your recommendations! Much appreciated. There are some things I'm now quite certain of: - There's no way I will let optics travel as checked-in luggage. :-) - The 600mm has to come along. Thanks for firming my resolve there. - I will have to make a thorough comparison of the 60-250 and the 300 to decide if both will go. - The total weight of the gear will be a problem. Excluding the 300, the photobag is still at 23 kg.
I was informed yesterday that our international flights will be with British Airways, and with warnings that our hand luggage may be weighed at Heathrow. That didn't happen when we travelled to Newcastle last Easter, but on the other hand I didn't bring the 600 then. The recommendation from the guide is to have a photo vest with plenty of pockets to stuff things like normal zooms, batteries, flash, etc., in before the bag goes on the scale. He claims to have got away with shouldering his 500/4 as a "personal item" too... :-) I have researched the possibility of posting a travel log to my blog, and apparently it's possible to send clean-text emails through satellite link from the ship. No graphics, though. So pictures will have to wait until I get back. Jostein 2009/5/22 Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com>: > Jostein, greetings and salutations on the oncoming trip. It should become > very memorable event... > > Humbly, I suggest that you don't take DA* 300 lens as you have DA* 60-250 > that appears to be quite stellar. I don't think that 50 mm will make any > difference here. FA* 600 is entirely different of course. > > It would seem more desirable to prefer K-7/K-20 over K-20/K-10. The > advertised low temperature shooting ability of K-7 may come in handy. > > Other than that - I think you should simply put some cash towards hauling > more weight. It seems inevitable at this point. > > I should be looking forward your pictures from that trip ;-). > > Boris > > > AlunFoto wrote: >> >> I figured I might as well let the cat out of the bag. >> >> In November, I will be facing a major logistical challenge regarding >> air transport of equipment. The occasion is a photographer's cruise to >> Antarctic waters. Much like the one Michael Reichmann of Luminous >> Landscape fame did some time ago. The itinerary includes flights >> through Europe to Argentina, and a domestic flight from Buenos Aires >> to Puerto Madryn. We'll get another domestic flight from Ushuaia to >> Buenos Aires on the return, and then the long haul back. >> >> So the challenge is what to pack and how. I'd dearly love to bring the >> 600/4, but that alone nearly fills the hand luggage quota for cattle >> class. As I understand it, Argentinian weight limits are stricter than >> both USA and Europa. Any and all serious suggestions would be most >> appreciated. >> >> My priority list so far is: >> K20D with grip >> K10D without grip (or possibly K-7 if it materialises in the market before >> then) >> >> FA*600/4 >> DA*300/4 >> DA*60-250/4 >> DA*16-50/2.8 >> DA14/2.8 >> Sachtler tripod with RRS 55mm ballhead and Wimberley Sidekick >> >> 15" laptop >> 2 portable harddrives for backup. >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
