Hi, W E Smith used to use exactly one gazillion at a time, of several different formats (but look what happened to him...). Then again, there's the often-quoted comment from Bob Capa to George Rodger when they saw a photographer struggling under a ton of cameras, lenses, flashguns, bags, meters etc. - 'Just think of all the pictures that guy's not gonna get'.
I'm going away for 3 weeks in February and going through the usual stress about what to take and what to leave behind. Ideally I'd like to take 3 Leica Ms with 21, 28, 35, 50, 90 and 135mm lenses because they are so small and robust, and that would be it. However, I only have 2 cameras and 2 lenses - twice as much as HCB needs, but not enough for me... I will probably end up taking 3 slrs and 7 or 8 lenses, which is rather disappointing because I don't really have the full confidence in their robustness that I have with the Leicas. Most of them spend most of their time in my case. When I'm shooting any given situation I use 3 bodies and 3 lenses, nowadays usually 28, 50 and either 85 or 135mm. But the others are all likely to be used during a trip for various purposes (otherwise I wouldn't take them). --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, January 17, 2002, 7:26:19 AM, you wrote: >> I have been thinking (to uch) about what lenses to take on my trip next >> week. >> >> I finally descided on: >> 24/2 >> 35/2.8 >> 50/1.4 >> 100/2.8 > See? Four lenses. All the greats do it.... > ;-) > --Mike > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
