Excellent point on the pre-shoot with the WG. I have that camera. The kit you suggest is what I was thinking of—and agree no lens changing on the hill. Foam suggestion excellent as well. Thanks, Stan! Cheers, Christine
On Feb 1, 2014, at 1:18 PM, Stanley Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > Someplace a few months ago I saw a video on back-country extreme skiing and > the photography thereof. You might try a search on YouTube. > > It has been awhile since I skied, but IIRC I wouldn’t want to wear a backpack > or shoulder bag. Unless we are talking Bunny Slope and Green runs, in which > case the backpack would be ok. > > I would be inclined to start with a WG-III in my pocket. Go out, set up, take > some shots. Figure out what was going to be the best focal length(s) for the > kind of shots I want to be able to get. Back out that afternoon or the next > day with K-5/K-3 and a single lens, wrapped in foam in a small backpack or > daypack. Set up and shoot away. Watch out for out-of-control crazies. Shoot > some more. Pack everything up, ski to a new location, repeat. > > If I only had one shot at it with no time to trial test with a pocket camera, > I would take the K-5/K-3 with 50-135 as my main camera, the WG-III as a > backup and in case I needed to go wider than 50mm. I would not want to be > changing lenses in the snow, I would not want to go in and out of the ski > lodge multiple times to change lenses (condensation issues), and I would not > want to carry more than just one basic kit. > > stan > > On Feb 1, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > >> Hi Everyone: >> >> If you were to do a photo shoot of a ski outting, what might be your kit, >> preparation and strategy, and safety issues? Obviously, a photographer >> wouldn’t want to just wait at the bottom of the hill for shots of folks >> coming down the hill. How would you keep your kit safe when maneuvering >> along the hill? >> >> Any tips and strategies from any PDML Skier-Photogs? >> >> I’m not planning a ski shoot this season, but maybe next season. >> >> >> Cheers, Christine > > > -- > 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.
