[pct-l] camera

[Patrick Beggan]

Obviously you wouldn't bring all those lenses on a thru-hike. Besides  
the fact that a lot of them are redundant (do you really need a 50 AND  
a 28-200 AND a 70-300 AND a 500?) you really only need one versatile  
lens. Obviously you need to compromise if you want to get out of this  
without a crushed spine.

I'm bringing my DSLR (Digital Rebel XTi) and an EF-S 17-85mm f4-5.6  
IS, an extra battery and three 2GB CF cards. Leave the charger in my  
bounce box. That's not so much weight, in fact it's probably only 30%  
more than a P&S with an extra set of batteries.

As for stabilization I use a beanbag ( http://www.amazon.com/POD-Camera-Platform-Bean-Bag/dp/B00009UTQ3 
  ). The bottom has a velcro strip you can open and dump all the beans  
and carry it empty (must be an ounce or less, empty) and just fill it  
with sand, dirt, pebbles, whatever when you need to use it, then empty  
it back out for carrying.

And the only filter you really need is a polarizer, anything else is  
just extra junk.


On Jan 21, 2008, at 1:13 PM, Paul wrote:

> On Monday 21 January 2008 15:14, Patrick Beggan wrote:
>> I'm just bringing my SLR. Weight be damned!
>
> Weighing up the choices...
>
> * DSLR body - 820g
> * (film) SLR body - 380g
>
> Lenses:
>
> * 50mm f1.8 - 195g
> * 45mm f2.8 T&S - 640g
> * 28-200mm f3.8-5.6 - 500g
> * 70-300mm f4-5.6 - 570g
> * 500mm f4 - 3870g (if only I had the dosh for one).
>
> Assorted filters, another 1000g.
> A small tripod - 1250g
>
> Much as I like SLR kit, 5Kg+ of gear is just going to be way too  
> much to lug
> around on a long distance hike. Maybe, I could get away with just  
> the film
> body, a 28-200mm zoom, and an ultrapod (110g) and use a digital  
> point'n'shoot
> for the "snaps".
>
>
> Regards, Paul.
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