I must be a masochist. Lately my daily kit has consisted of a k-7, A50 1.7, A35-105, DA16-45, Takumar 70-210 f4, 25mm extension tube, extra battery and cards and a FA 28-80 that comes in handy when I need a lens I can beat on and do coverage type shots with AF. Plus a 5lb laptop + power pack, and external drive, often at least a book or two and usually my nintendo DS for when I need to kill time. Sometimes I take a zx-7 film body, but that's pretty light actually. I also often carry a heavy manfrotto tripod and head that I'm pretty sure is somewhere between 8-10lbs. I thought about carbon fiber long and hard, but ultimately came to the conclusion that heavier is ultimately better. Even with a heavy tripod its easy to get camera movement with a longer lens on a long exposure. I estimate my shoulder bag and tripod approach 20lbs sometimes, plus my camera. That's pretty much every day. Ditching the heavy takumar would be nice, but something about the cold metal and glass just warms my heart. I'm pretty sure I could drop it on a concrete sidewalk and the sidewalk would shatter. Its not the best lens, but it surely has character both physically and in pictures. I'm probably going to try replacing it with the F 70-210 soon here. AF would be really nice to have with people. I need a better bag because my shoulder gets killed after a couple of hours, but I really despise the traditional two shoulder bags for some reason. I think big messenger bags work pretty well usually. When I think about how much I'd love to have a 67, I really dread hauling around such a huge camera and lenses as well as a heavy tripod the more I think about the realities of it. That and the roughly $1-2 per shot that it will cost me for the pain.
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Gerrit Visser <gerrit...@gmail.com> wrote: > I keep it simple, a fairly wide camera strap, a K5 and a Sigma 18-250 and a > spare battery. Don't need all the other stuff when walking in cities or > country side. Ocassionally a mono pod or tripod would be nice but not often. > Camera is by my side or in my hands. Works for 10-15km walks about places > like Bali, Mumbai, Cochin, Colombo, Lisbon etc. > > No vest, no camera bag, no backpack,no blowers, fans, propellers, sat > phones, etc. Only tool is a lens cloth. > > Gerrit > > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bipin Gupta > Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2013 3:20 PM > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: Carrying a Camera on a Long Walk > > As one gets older camera sling bags, back packs or even the neck strap > become a pain in the neck - literally. > I have tried so many brand name stuff - some unnecessarily expensive - ones > you sling around your neck/shoulders and back - and all have caused varying > degrees of discomfort and pain. > So I bought myself a Photo Jacket with large pockets - Dubai $ 27, a Swiss > Gear Pouch - French Super Market Carrefour $ 23 - that you wear round your > waist and an ingenious India made Belt Clip - $ 10 - with a mating > attachment for the Belt Clip - fits the tripod mount on the DSLR securely. > Note: I have attached a safety loop to the tripod screw lug + a hand grip to > the strap lugs on the Camera, in the rare chance that the tripod screw comes > out loose. No neck strap on the camera. > So far I have found the arrangement comfortable - no more neck or shoulder > pain. > Regards. > Bipin. > > Photography is the only tool that will stop time itself. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
