On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:16 AM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 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. Is there anything you really cannot do with the classic 35/90 travel kit? Say the 21 Limited, which gives 30-odd mm equivalent view, and a 50 mm? I'd say ideal lightweight kit would be 21 and 70 Limited and either 43 1.9 or 35 macro depending whether you need macro. The A 35/70 zoom is also pretty compact, as are teleconverters and the adapter that makes the 21 act like 14. > Transportation is problematic. ... > > *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. I normally travel quite light. For anything up to about three weeks, *only* a carry-on bag. For a month or more, one big wheeled bag roughly the size of your duffel, but *no carry on*. I just do not think having carry-on is worth the trouble. Granted, on my rare trips back to Canada from China, the duffel-ish bags gets stuffed with gifts for friends. Last trip it was 35 kg (77 lb) or so, which is not really travelling light. -- 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.
