p.s. I just weighed the K5 with the FA 50mm, and it came in at 2 and 1/4 pounds--nearly half the weight of the entire kit. The K5 with the DA 40 mounted weighs nearly 2 pounds, about a 1/4 pound less. The body of the K5 weighs 1 and 3/4 pounds. And interestingly, the extra battery in my plastic bag weighs in at about a 1/4 pound.
Cheers, Christine On Oct 5, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > Hi Eric: > > I'd like to endorse Paul's suggestion about the K5 & DA 40. Below is a link > that shows my everyday kit. Now you have to remember that I am a woman, and > as such, I've had to find a way to combine a purse and a camera kit. I start > with the Domke F-5XB. The link below shows what I can carry in the bag as a > purse and a camera bag. I even show a photo depicting total weight. > > Now, as I said this is an everyday kit, which I virtually always have with > me--even if I don't shoot anything that day. I did add the DA 21mm for the > purposes of this demonstration, but normally I would only carry one lens > mounted on the camera. Since I got my FA 50 back from repairs, I have that > mounted. With the DA 40, you'd even have a lot more room in this bag, and > the bag would be lighter. > > Now the gender thing is important because men usually carry wallets in back > pants pockets and maybe phones in a shirt pocket, habits which would actually > leave you more room in the bag. I normally have my keys in my front jeans > pocket, but I put them in the bag for demonstration purposes. > > As I said this is an everyday bag, but if I was really restricted for travel, > this is the kit I would carry: 50mm & 21mm (a pared down long and wide > combo). When I travel for pleasure, I usually always take the DA* 50-135mm, > so I use a different bag. But this past year, I've had to travel for work, > and I used this kit set-up. > > Clearly, one good Fujiesque camera would be less gear and lighter; this kit > won't beat that, and I do appreciate the point that even a kit like this can > be burdensome sometimes. Like you, I've been thinking about a Fuji/Pentax > MX-1 set-up as an alternative, but if you want to pack a DSLR with fantastic > low light ISO quality, this kit works really well. Hope that helps. > > Here's the link: > http://www.caguila.com/kit/index.html > > > Cheers, Christine > > > > > > On Oct 5, 2013, at 3:47 AM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> >> On Sep 21, 2013, at 6:18 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> I have a great compact travel camera. I take the battery grip off my k5 and >>> mount the 40/2.8 pancake. Bingo. For everyday pocket camera, it's an >>> iphone5, better than many p&s pos. >> >> After returning from my trip, during which I had my camera in-hand all day >> during daylight hours almost every day for just short of a month---my first >> experience of that---my mind keeps running off in thoughts about a new >> camera. Two thoughts: an "enthusiast" level compact walking around camera or >> a DSLR with great low-light performance and high image quality. Was leaning >> toward the Fuji X10 or X20 regarding the former till I read a review that >> said they produce images that are a bit soft. Regarding the latter, I've >> wanted a K-5 since is first saw some of the low-light images. New ones are >> still available from Amazon. [I'd go used but KEH wants the same amount for >> LN. >> >> My thinking at the moment is to go with Paul's solution and kill two birds >> with one stone. You may remember me fretting about what kind of camera to >> take on the walk part of my trip. In the end I decided to go with m *istDS >> and a couple of short focal length primes, an A 28/2.8 and an A 50/1.7. I >> never took the 28/2.8 off the camera. Essentially my solution was Paul's. >> >> So, not a done deal, yet, but leaning very strongly that way. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> eew...@bellsouth.net >> >> "With an ounce of willingness, everything can change." >> >> - Kim >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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.
