I guess most would suggest at least one zoom. Still, under your circumstances, my suggestions are as belows: - K5 body and grip with two batteries and a charger. - DA 15mm f/4, a 31 or 40mm prime, DA 70mm. - I doubt if you miss a stronger telephoto...
In fact, I am packing for a 4-day-trip now. I will be carrying the below : - K5 body with grip, two batteries and a charger - Sigma 10-20mm (earlier version) - DA 40mm f/2.8 (Leaving behind the FA and SMC Tak 50mm 1/1.4) - DA 55-300mm. (Leaving behind the "full manual" 50-135mm -long story-, the FA 77mm and third party 85mm) The area hosts a large variety of endemic plants/flowers and I also consider carrying my macro (Sigma 70mm) as well :( I will be carrying these for about 4-5 hours a day... Hope you find "your" solution without much procrastination and pain :) Bulent --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun 2011/5/16 John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com>: > This is, for now, only a thought experiment, but it might provide a basis > for something I will try to do in the future if I can work out the > financing. > > Parameters are that you would be on the road for a minimum of thirty days > for a photo safari. The goal of the trip is to produce photography suitable > to illustrate a travel article you could sell to a newspaper or magazine > along with the photography. It is important to be able to represent both the > people and the scenery of the locale being visited. > > Transportation is problematic. Ground transportation may not be always > available, and you may not have any place to secure your baggage, so you may > have to carry all of it with you all of the time. Think in terms of you > might have to carry your home on your back like a turtle. > > *ALL* of everything you are carrying - photo equipment, clothing and any > other essentials must fit into one U.S. Government Issue duffel bag ... > > http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Gium7tfpL._SL500_AA300_.jpg > > ... plus one *SMALL* carry on (22" x 14" x 9") bag. > > A suitable size ruck-sack could substitute for the duffel bag. I only > suggest the issue duffel as an example of the size of bag I'm interested in > - I already have several of them, they're easy to secure with a padlock & I > have a steel security mesh that will fit over it. > > http://www.rei.com/product/709210/pacsafe-140-security-web-x-large > > You will have erratic (at best) access to the internet during your travels. > > I would appreciate some thoughts on what constitutes the *essential* kit. > What will you need to carry to get the job done? > > I am more interested in general categories than I am in specific items; i.e. > "good wide angle zoom" as opposed to "SMC Pentax DA 12-24mm F4.0 ED AL > (IF)", "Laptop" rather than "Apple MacBook Pro", etc. > > I have my own ideas already, but I would appreciate additional input that > might identify things I've missed in my preliminary planning. > > This is partially based on my most recent trip. I had too much baggage and > it was, at times, unwieldy. And I found I did not have all the equipment I > needed while I was carrying other equipment I did not need at all. > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1375 / Virus Database: 1500/3641 - Release Date: 05/16/11 > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
